From: Chicago Tribune | Skokie Review
Unstamped cigarettes found at Skokie store part of ‘largest confiscation’ this year, county officials say
Officials raided Skokie Discount Tobacco Inc. after an undercover Department of Revenue agent found that the store was selling unstamped packs of cigarettes. Oct. 19, 2017. (Mike Isaacs / Pioneer Press)
Kyra Senese, Pioneer Press
A Skokie tobacco store was hit with hefty Cook County fines after officials said more than 1,500 unstamped packs of cigarettes were discovered on the premises, according to a news release from Cook County board President Tony Preckwinkle’s office.
Officials with the Cook County Department of Revenue and the sheriff’s office conducted a raid on Skokie Discount Tobacco Inc., located at 4019 Oakton Street in Skokie, after an undercover CCDOR investigator bought a pack of unstamped cigarettes Oct. 19, the release states.
