Contraband Cigarettes

• 5 men charged with trafficking contraband cigarettes in downtown Calgary

  A weeks-long investigation by the District Operations Team resulted in five Calgarians being charged and $140,000 worth of contraband cigarettes seized.

  Crime

  May 31, 2024
  
• ‘Gross incompetence:’ Man ticketed for contraband cigarettes says he was racially profiled

  Video of the incident shows part of the exchange between the man and local Quebec police, who fined him over $1,100 for obstructing an officer, possession of contraband and more.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2023
  
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• Ilegal cigarette trade subject of BC Crimestoppers training conference

  According to the province, in 2019 over five-million illegal cigarettes were seized during an undercover investigation, conducted with local law enforcement agencies.

  Crime

  May 7, 2023
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• Northern B.C. drug bust nets 23 arrests, seizure of guns, cash, vehicles, cigarettes

  The investigation took eight months and 13 search warrants were needed in several Peace Region communities.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2023
• 1.5 million contraband cigarettes seized by Vernon, B.C. Mounties

  It was around 10 p.m., Jan. 8, when a vehicle towing a trailer in the 4800-block of 27th Street was stopped as part of a routing RCMP traffic stop.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2023
• 8 people charged after Edmonton police seize $1.1M worth of contraband cigarettes, drugs, cash

  Eight people have been charged after an Edmonton police investigation led officers to seize more than $1.1 million worth of contraband cigarettes, drugs, cars and cash.

  Crime

  May 27, 2022
• Two Glace Bay men face charges after illegal cigarettes, firearms, 440K in cash seized

  Investigators seized 12,500 contraband cigarettes, valued at around $7,500, with estimated provincial tax value of $3,440 and federal tax value of $1,196. 

  Crime

  Mar 26, 2021
• RCMP seize $15K in contraband cigarettes after pulling van over for excessive speeding in Revelstoke

  Revelstoke RCMP say the rental van was doing 150 km/h along the Trans-Canada Highway and was loaded with boxes of illegal tobacco.

  Crime

  Mar 24, 2021
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• Drugs, illegal cigarettes seized after search warrant in Greater Lakeburn, N.B.

  'These efforts focus on disrupting and dismantling the trafficking of illegal drugs in our province, targeting those causing the most harm in our communities.'

  Crime

  Feb 17, 2021
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• Loaded guns, illegal cigarettes seized during Dieppe traffic stop

  Shortly after 3 p.m., on Thursday, RCMP officers stopped a vehicle on Champlain Street in Dieppe, N.B., as part of an ongoing investigation.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2020