[frostysamerindian] RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Frank Skidmore says 'These cigarettes are being smuggled

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RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Frank Skidmore says 'These cigarettes are 
being smuggled from Quebec.'
 
CTV.ca News 
  
Updated: Fri. Sep. 22 2006 11:05 PM ET 

Three people have been arrested after RCMP in Halifax seized more 
than 1.5 million cigarettes that were allegedly smuggled into Nova 
Scotia from Quebec. 

The massive haul confiscated by police also included a Cadillac, a 
one-ton truck, a Lincoln Navigator, cash, weapons, cocaine and knock-
off clothes, but the cigarettes were the big prize.

"These cigarettes are being smuggled from Quebec," said RCMP 
spokesperson Sgt. Frank Skidmore. "They come off of aboriginal 
reserves in Quebec. They being purchased there and being smuggled 
into Nova Scotia for sale here." 

The cigarettes were not in retail cartons, but loosely packed in 
large boxes. Inside were stickers with a warning from the United 
States Surgeon General.

"I don't have a value of the cigarettes themselves, but certainly in 
lost taxes, you'd be looking into the hundreds of thousands of 
dollars of lost taxes," said Skidmore.

Michael James Nugent, 42, of Hants County Nova Scotia and David Angus 
Way, 60, from the Halifax area, have been charged under the federal 
Excise Act. A third man has been arrested but police have not 
released his name as he has yet to be charged. 

The arrests follow a 10-month investigation involving the RCMP, 
Halifax police, the Canadian Border Services Agency and Canada 
Revenue Agency.

Skidmore said he could not reveal the name of the First Nations 
reserve where police believe the cigarettes originated. 

"There are companies and people and individuals who have the right to 
buy tax free and mainly more commonly on the aboriginal reserves they 
can purchase the tobacco," said Skidmore. "They bring the tobacco in 
from the manufacturer and then it is being resold by black market 
buyers."

Skidmore said the investigation is continuing, and he expects to 
seize more goods and lay further charges.
 
 
 
 
© Copyright 2006 CTV Inc. 
 
 
 
 





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