Police: Man smuggled $77K in cigarettes [Maryland]

From: Cecil Whig

By Carl Hamilton

PERRYVILLE — A traffic stop on Interstate 95 near Perryville led to the confiscation of more than 12,000 packs of untaxed cigarettes valued at $77,468 and the arrest of a New York man accused of smuggling them, police reported.

The suspect, Chung Bene Cheng, 57, of New York, N.Y., is charged with transporting unstamped cigarettes and possession of more than 30 cartons of unstamped cigarettes, according to Cecil County District Court records.

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