From: metro
If lawfully sold, the cigarettes found would have an estimated tax value of $493,000.
A Queens man faces time behind bars after authorities discovered hundreds of thousands of untaxed cigarettes – along with counterfeit tax stamps — inside his garage last week.
Ayad Sharhan, 34, of Ridgewood was arraigned on Feb. 26 on charges of criminal possession of a forged instrument, criminal possession of forgery devices, cigarette and tobacco products tax/attempt to evade or defeat tax, cigarette and tobacco products tax and possession or transportation of untaxed cigarettes with intent to sell.
