From: CBC News
A driver trucking a tractor-trailer full of ice cream from Ontario into Manitoba also had illegal cigarettes and $500,000 in cash aboard hidden among the icy treats, RCMP say.
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“Our teams of traffic specialists in Manitoba are dedicated to improving public safety and eradicating crime on Manitoba roadways,” Insp. Ed Moreland, officer in charge of Manitoba RCMP Traffic Services, said in a statement.
Editor’s Note: Translation courtesy of Google Translate.
From: Diario Uno
Staff of the Division of Operational Control of the Administration of Customs of Cusco SUNAT arrested a trailer from the border with Bolivia carrying two containers into which more than five million smuggled cigarettes were found, with an approximate value two million soles, plus candy, cell phone accessories, cleaning products, bundles of used clothing, among others.
The authorities reported that the intervention took place near the district of San Jeronimo, after identifying the vehicle plate C5A-864 that was moving confused among other vehicles. They also indicated that within the containers had cigarettes prestigious brands such as Carlyle, Carnival, Pine, Golden Deer and Rave and brands smuggled from Paraguay as Golden Beach, Euro and counterfeited as national brands: Inca and Hamilton.
From: Global News
A spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco says numerous recent drug busts across the Maritimes are evidence that the number of illegal cigarettes in the province is growing.
According to NCACT spokesperson Gary Grant, buying or selling illegal cigarettes is not a victim-less crime.
From: Press Release
POWAY, Calif., July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) has awarded Decision Sciences International Corporation (Decision Sciences) a contract valued at up to $5.26 million to supply and deploy its Multi-Mode Passive Detection System Generation 3 (MMPDS GEN3), an advanced scanning system using cosmic ray tomography to automatically detect and identify shielded and unshielded nuclear and radiological threats, as well as explosives, narcotics, cigarettes and other contraband.
From: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Two men allegedly involved in trafficking at least $9.5 million in Virginia cigarettes for illegal resale in New Jersey and other states pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday.
U.S. District Judges Robert E. Payne set a four-day trial beginning Oct. 17 for Eyad Salahedin, 39, of New Jersey, and Issa Qatrawi, 29, of Henrico County. If convicted, each faces up to five years in prison.
