Three people, including two brothers and a 48-year-old woman, all from the RM of Rosser, face a number of charges following the execution of a search warrant Feb. 2, by the Manitoba Finance Special Investigations Unit and the RCMP Customs and Excise Section.
Manitoba Finance reports Special Investigations Unit with assistance from the RCMP, seized approximately 156 cartons or 31,200 contraband cigarettes in the Pipestone area.
Manitoba Finance reports, on Feb. 21, its Special Investigations Unit seized another 910,200 contraband cigarettes contained in unmarked plastic bags, each holding a carton equivalent of 200 cigarettes.
Manitoba Finance reports its Special Investigations Unit yesterday seized 150,000 contraband cigarettes.
As the result of an investigation into tobacco smuggling, the Manitoba Finance Special Investigations Unit recently seized 240,000 contraband cigarettes contained in unmarked plastic bags, each holding a carton equivalent of 200 cigarettes.
On July 22, 2010, the Manitoba Taxation Investigations Unit, with the assistance of the Winnipeg Police Service and the RCMP Headingley Detachment and Traffic Services, seized 1.2 million illegal cigarettes.
Late last month, Portage la Prairie RCMP members executed a search warrant at a business located in the 1500 block of Saskatchewan Avenue in the City of Portage la Prairie.
On March 24, 2010, at about 3am, Portage la Prairie RCMP members stopped a 1988 Ford motor home, traveling eastbound on the Trans Canada Highway in the City of Portage la Prairie, for failing to stop at a red light.
On March 13, 2010 at about 12pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP seized 1176 cartons of contraband cigarettes in a traffic stop near Highway 242 West in Portage la Prairie.
On February 5, 2010, at about 1pm, a Portage la Prairie RCMP member was patrolling the Trans Canada Highway near Road 31 West in Portage la Prairie when a 1997 GMC 2500 truck from Quebec was observed traveling westbound.
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