Better not plan to celebrate holiday with tax-free booze

WEST CHESTER

- Local liquor-control authorities have cracked down on those trying to buy tax-free alcohol across the state line in Delaware.

Police with Pennsylvania's Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement conducted checkpoints yesterday at two stores in Claymont, Del. Three summary citations were issued for illegal transportation of liquor into Pennsylvania, according to reports.

Officers also confiscated more than 400 bottles of beer, nearly 125 bottles of wine and 15 bottles of liquor.

- Associated Press