Woman in Fitzroy Crossing accused of ‘sly grogging’ after 50 boxes of cask wine found in car by police

A woman has been accused of “sly grogging” after being stopped driving a car loaded with $10,000 worth of cask wine.

Police officers searched the car the 53-year-old was driving during a traffic stop on the Great Northern Highway in Fitzroy Crossing about 9.15am on Wednesday.

They found two plastic tubs loaded with 50 two-litre boxes of cask wine.

Police say the wine had a local value of about $10,000 and will allege it was intended for illegal sale in the central Kimberley area.

Fitzroy Crossing is one of several areas of regional WA considered “dry communities”, where alcohol sales are either restricted or banned.

The booze has been seized by police and the woman is due to face Fitzroy Crossing Magistrates Court on liquor offences in September.

Fitzroy Crossing Sgt Jody Worthington said the seizure kept the community safe.

“Fitzroy Crossing police are always working to target sly groggers,” Sgt Worthington said.

“This latest seizure will help keep families safe by preventing the kind of violence we know occurs when illegal alcohol is smuggled into town.”

The alcohol was seized and a 53-year-old Fitzroy Crossing woman has been charged with carried in a prescribed area of the State, a kind of liquor in a quantity that exceeded the prescribed quantity.