Major tobacco bust in Abercrombie
NEW GLASGOW – A 41-year-old man Pictou County man has been charged under the Excise Tax Act in relation to one of the area’s largest unstamped tobacco busts. The Pictou County intregrated Street Crime United conducted a traffic stop Tuesdaymorning in Abercrombie and as a result 80,000 cigarettes with a street value of $14,000 were seized. “Unstamped tobacco is a large problem nation-wide,” said Andrew Joyce of the Pictou County RCMP. “It ieads to major organized crime and as the underbelly of our society it has the potential to draw our nation down to third world status. This is taken very serious by police.”
The accused man, who has been released from police custody, will make his first court appearance on December 16.
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