A man from Oxford, N.S., will have to pay a steep fine after unstamped tobacco products were seized by New Brunswick RCMP during a traffic stop in November.
Jean Claude Allard, 69, appeared in Woodstock Provincial Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to possession of unstamped tobacco products under Canada’s Excise Act.
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READ MORE: N.S. man arrested in N.B. after RCMP find 20,000 contraband cigarettes
He’ll now have to pay a $4,999 fine.
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According to police, on Nov. 2, 2017, New Brunswick RCMP conducted a traffic stop on Highway 2 in Hartland, N.B.
The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of more than 20,000 contraband cigarettes and 44 illegal cigars.
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