Cigarette Smuggling

• Brandon police, Manitoba tax officials seize massive shipment of illegal smokes

  Five Manitoba men are awaiting a July court date after a lengthy joint investigation by Brandon police and Manitoba Finance uncovered large-scale tobacco smuggling.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2021
  
• Winnipeg man facing charges after authorities seize 3.3 million contraband cigarettes

  Authorities say the province stood to lose $261,000 in tax revenue if these cigarettes had been sold.

  Crime

  Dec 13, 2020
  
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• Sentencing delayed in Saskatchewan cigarette smuggling case

  Sentencing has been delayed for a woman guilty in a Saskatchewan cigarette smuggling case.

  Crime

  Apr 4, 2018
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• Guilty plea in Saskatchewan cigarette smuggling case

  Monique Milliken pleads guilty to cigarette smuggling in a Saskatchewan courtroom

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2017
• Canada’s flourishing contraband tobacco market helps fund overseas terrorism: report

  Illegal tobacco also helps fund organized crime in Canada and terrorist organizations abroad, the report notes.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2016