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Puslinch Man Charged After Trailer with $4M of Contraband Tobacco Pulled over by OPP

A concerned citizen reported a truck driving east on Highway 401, leading Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the vehicle on Tuesday morning.
Police identified 17,820 kilograms of contraband fine-cut tobacco in the trailer, valued at $4.4 million according to Ontario Provincial Police.
The untaxed tobacco could have generated an additional $9.1 million in taxes for federal and provincial governments, as noted by the police.
A 60-year-old man from Puslinch has been charged with trafficking contraband tobacco, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

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City News

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Speeding complaint leads to multi-million dollar tobacco bust

It started with an OPP call about a speeding truck on the 401 near Kingston, ending with millions of dollars of contraband tobacco seized.

4 days ago·Toronto, Canada

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CTV News

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Puslinch man charged after trailer with $4M of contraband tobacco pulled over by OPP

Ontario Provincial Police say $4.4 million in contraband tobacco has been seized after someone made a complaint about a speeding tractor trailer on Highway 401.

5 days ago·Canada

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Guelph Today

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Puslinch man busted for having $4.4M in contraband tobacco

60-year-old man arrested near Kingston following traffic complaint

5 days ago·Guelph, Canada

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Ottawa Citizen

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Truck filled with contraband tobacco seized near Kingston

OPP and MTO officers say the tobacco was worth $4.4 million, but more than double that if it was converted to cigarettes and resold.

5 days ago·Ottawa, Canada

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Global News

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Call for speeding truck leads Ontario police to $4.4M tobacco bust

A truck driver’s lead foot led officers to the discovery of a truckload contraband smokes worth millions of dollars, according to Ontario Provincial Police in Frontenac.

5 days ago·Toronto, Canada

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cedarnews.net

In Pictures: Regie Seizes Large Quantities of Smuggled Tobacco in Zkak El-Blat and Jdeideh El-Matn.

This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more exclusive news and reports, visit our website. The Regie announced in a statement that it “continued its efforts to combat smuggled and counterfeit tobacco products. In this context, its anti-smuggling apparatus carried out two raids in the areas of Zkak el-Blat and Jdeidet el-Matn, resulting in the seizure of quantities of smuggled regular and electronic cigarettes, smuggled and counte…

3 days ago

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