RCMP and Service Nova Scotia seized nearly 300,000 illegal cigarettes in Lower Sackville, N.S. on Wednesday.
The tobacco is said to have a provincial tax value of almost $80,000 and a federal tax value of just over $60,000.
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“Decreasing the sale and consumption of illegal tobacco is a core part of our work,” Mark Furey, minister of Service Nova Scotia said in a news release.
“Contraband tobacco takes tobacco tax revenue away from public services Nova Scotians rely on, compromises public safety through links to organized crime and undermines provincial health objectives.”
A 53-year-old man from Dartmouth was arrested and is now facing several charges. He is set to appear in court Thursday.
Since 2006-07, the province says the amount of illegal tobacco in Nova Scotia has decreased from 30 per cent of all tobacco consumed to between 5-10 per cent.