Brampton man charged for transporting illicit tobacco in Saskatchewan
A Brampton, Ont., man has been charged after Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers stopped the trucker near Battle River, Sask., and discovered 9.1 million illicit cigarettes in his trailer.
The stop happened on Jan. 20 around 12:40 a.m., Saskatchewan RCMP said in a release. Battleford RCMP and the RCMP Yorkton Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team were called in to investigate.
They found 23 pallets of unstamped tobacco in the trailer, seized the items and arrested 41-year-old Harwinder Kahlon.
Charges include:
- One count, sell, offer for sale, transport, deliver, distribute, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale a tobacco product, or a raw leaf tobacco that is unstamped, Section 121.1(1), Criminal Code;
- One count, possession of unstamped tobacco, Section 32(1), Excise Act;
- One count, possess, store, transport or sell tobacco that is not marked in a prescribed manner, Section 11(8), Tobacco Tax Act; and
- One count, fail to comply with undertaking condition, Section 145(4)(a), Criminal Code.
The charges have not yet been proven in court.
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