From The Hindu Archives, April 29, 1926: Liquor smuggling in Canada

Ottawa, April 28: Sensational statements with regard to the alleged connection of high officials with smuggled liquor and motor-cars are made in a confidential report of Inspector Duncan to the Special Committee of the Commons, which is enquiring into this matter. Mr. Duncan asserts that investigations showed that large quantities of liquor were being shipped from the Government warehouses at Montreal to various officials at Ottawa, contrary to liquor laws, during the past three years. The report also implicates a number of customs officers of Montreal in connections with the seizure of smuggled or stolen motor-cars, which Mr. Duncan alleges were secured for the private use of officials.