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Inuvik man pleads not guilty to drug, liquor charges

Talal Khatib of Inuvik, N.W.T., has pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and selling alcohol illegally.

Talal Khatib was charged after police searched home in May

Police seized 35 bottles of vodka, as well as crack cocaine, marijuana and the hallucinogenic herb salvia from a home on Raven Street in Inuvik, N.W.T., in May. (Inuvik RCMP)

An Inuvik, N.W.T.,man accused of drug trafficking and selling alcohol illegally has pleaded notguilty.

Talal Khatib entered the pleas in court in InuvikWednesday.

RCMP arrested the 64-year-old in May, after searching his house. They say they found drugs, a large amount of alcoholand almost $3,000in cash.

Khatib is facing two drug trafficking charges and two charges of bootlegging.

No date has been set for his trial.