Police seized a significant quantity of illegal cigarettes near Longlac Wednesday. OPP officers with the Greenstone detachment stopped a vehicle on Highway 11 Wednesday evening.
Police seized a significant quantity of illegal cigarettes near Longlac Wednesday.
OPP officers with the Greenstone detachment stopped a vehicle on Highway 11 Wednesday evening. As a result of that stop police officers found 680,000 illegal cigarettes.
Police officers arrested a 47-year-old Alberta man and charged him under the Tobacco Tax Act of Ontario and the Customs and Excise Act of Canada.
Police also seized the vehicle and a trailer from the suspect.
The suspect is expected to appear for a bail hearing Thursday.
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