Ontario man fined $150K after RCMP in N.B. seize thousands of contraband cigarettes

By Rebecca Lau Global News

Posted January 8, 2019 3:10 pm EST

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FILE - News release A 54-year-old man from Maitland, Ontario, will have to pay more than $150,000 in fines after being found guilty of offences under the Tobacco Tax Act and the Excise Act. File/Global News

An Ontario man is facing $150,000 in fines after being found with more than 100,000 contraband cigarettes in New Brunswick.

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RCMP say Kenneth Gerard Carew was arrested in May 2018 when his vehicle was pulled over during a traffic stop on the Trans Canada Highway near Oromocto, N.B.

RCMP seized the cigarettes from a utility trailer Carew’s vehicle was hauling.

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The 54-year-old man from Maitland, Ont., appeared in Burton Provincial Court on Dec. 17, 2018, and was found guilty of offences under the Tobacco Tax Act and Excise Act.

According to a release from RCMP, he was fined more than $150,000.