Illegal smokes are seized at weigh station

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WINNIPEG, Man. – A weigh station inspection in southeastern Manitoba has netted one of the provincial tax department’s largest seizures of illegal cigarettes.

More than 6,500 cartons of the Ontario smokes were found on Sunday as they were being shipped to British Columbia.

The value of the shipment was estimated at $300,000. n

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