From: WMAR2News.com
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Since July 1, 2017 FED agents have arrested and charged 148 people for various tobacco violations, seizing 169,314 packs of contraband cigarettes and 448,053 sticks of untaxed other tobacco products, valued at nearly $1.6 million, representing roughly $720,000 in state tax losses.
The owner of a BP Gas Station at 6019 Belair Rd. in Baltimore, Asif Ayub, 47, of Baltimore, was charged with willful possession, and sale or offer to sell untaxed other tobacco products. Clerk Tamer Farid Abdalla, 35, of Baltimore, was charge with selling unpackaged cigarettes. Agents seized $2,200 worth of untaxed other tobacco products.
