The Navajo Nation, the FBI and state and local law enforcement in Arizona announced a bootlegging bust of three liquor stores near the reservation.

During an 18-month investigation, agents were able to buy large quantities of alcohol from the stores even after saying they were going to resell it on the reservation. The businesses face fines and the loss of their liquor licenses.

The Navajo Nation and the nearby Hopi Tribe outlaw alcohol. Tribal officials praised the bust.

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Bootlegging bust (The Gallup Independent 3/5)
Liquor stores feel bootlegging sting (The Arizona Daily Sun 3/5)
Rez alcohol abuse fueled by no jobs (The Arizona Daily Sun 3/6)
Stores accused of selling liquor to known bootleggers (AP 3/6)