Two liquor store owners were arrested on charges that including transporting beverages to Delaware in an attempt to evade taxes. More than $100,000 was found at the home of one of the suspects.
The Delaware Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement (DATE) received information that alcoholic beverages were being illegally transported from Maryland into Delaware in order to avoid state excise taxes, a release stated.
On Dec. 1st, agents set up surveillance near the state line with assistance from officers of the Maryland State Comptroller’s Office. The liquor was transported into Delaware and unloaded at a residence on the 100 block of Labrador Lane, Bear. The driver of the vehicle, Robert Connell Jr., 58, of Galena, MD, was arrested by DATE agents and his vehicle was seized.Connell is an owner of Pips Liquors of Chestertown, MD.
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Seized the vehicle but not the house? I'm surprised.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know it was illegal to purchase booze and carry it to your house....no matter where you bought it or you live. Unless they weren't consuming it of course!
ReplyDeleteAnd I always thought it was more expensive to buy alcohol in Maryland than in Delaware. I've been buying my booze in Delaware. I'll have to definitely do some more comparison shopping!
ReplyDeleteLiquor stores in Maryland don’t pay tax when they receive product from the distributor because Maryland has a 9% sales tax on alcohol. In Delaware the tax is built into the price from the distributor since there is no sales tax. By doing this they avoided tax on both ends of the sale
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