New Brunswick Must Continue Action Against Contraband Tobacco
Today, the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco (NCACT) encouraged the government of New Brunswick to continue to increase action against the province’s growing contraband tobacco problem in next week’s provincial budget.”Illegal cigarettes are a growing and significant problem in New Brunswick,” said Gary Grant, a 39-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service and national spokesperson for the NCACT. “Just last week, RCMP in the province highlighted that there has been little change in the flow of smuggled tobacco into the province. If anything, the criminals are adapting their smuggling networks to limit large seizures. That’s a reminder that this is big business for criminal gangs, and they are going to do what it takes to preserve it.”The RCMP has indicated that smugglers have adapted to smaller shipments to avoid large busts, like that in late November where more than 1.5 million cigarettes were seized near Val-Doucet, along with guns and illicit alcohol.
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