New Brunswick RCMP have seized 200,000 illegal cigarettes as the result of two traffic stops this week.
According to police, officers found 60,00 illegal cigarettes in a vehicle during a traffic stop on May 30 in Waterville.
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The 72-year-old male driver from Souris, P.E.I., was arrested and released pending a court date in September.
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On May 31, RCMP stopped a vehicle in Saint-Jacques, N.B., near the Quebec border.
Two men, a 39-year-old and a 63-year-old, were both arrested and then released.
READ MORE: 37,000 illegal cigarettes seized in Nova Scotia
Both men were from Saint John and are scheduled for a court date in September.
RCMP do not believe the seizures to be related.
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