A Tennessee man has been arrested on charges of ferrying 72 quarts of moonshine and five gallons of homemade wine through a dry county in Kentucky.
Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell told The Times-Tribune in Corbin that 54-year-old Bobby Crawford of Newcomb, Tenn., had a wide variety of fruit flavors for the hooch in the back of his van.
“Whatever flavor you want, he had,” Harrell said.
Harrell said a deputy stopped Crawford on Thursday for not wearing a seat belt. When the deputy looked closer, Harrell said, he saw canning jars and plastic jugs covering the van’s back floor. Whitley County is dry, with alcohol sales allowed only in some restaurants in Corbin.
Crawford was charged with possession of alcohol in a dry territory, illegal transport of alcohol in a dry territory, failure to wear seat belts and failure to maintain insurance. The jail had no record of an attorney.