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Drugs and Alcohol Seized at Nome Airports; Charges Pending Against Suspects

By Davis Hovey | July 5, 2017 |

An Alaska State Trooper cruiser. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

On Sunday, Troopers seized four 750ml bottles of liquor from an unnamed passenger at the Nome airport. A charge for importation of alcohol is pending. Also in Nome, Troopers seized one ounce of marijuana from a piece of cargo at a local airline on Monday.

Outstanding Warrant Arrest Made In Kotzebue; Original Charges Related to Importation

By Davis Hovey | June 28, 2017

An Alaska State Trooper cruiser. Photo: Matthew F. Smith, KNOM file.

Alaska State Troopers contacted 29-year-old Norma Berry in Kotzebue on Friday evening. Berry had been charged with one count of importation into a dry community and one count of selling alcohol without a license in a dry community. She then failed to appear for arraignment in that case earlier this year.