In early 2009, RCMP Boissevain Customs & Excise Section along with the Manitoba Finance Special Investigation Unit in Brandon, began an investigation into allegations that unstamped cigarettes were being sold in and around the Brandon area.
RCMP Winnipeg Customs and Excise Section were notified by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials that they had detected and seized a courier shipment of illegal contraband chewing tobacco, destined to two businesses in Winnipeg.
On November 2, 2009 at about 1:30am, a Portage la Prairie RCMP member was patrolling the Trans Canada Highway near Angle Road in Portage la Prairie when a 1996 Ford Windstar van from British Columbia was observed traveling Westbound.
On May 28, 2009, RCMP Winnipeg Customs & Excise Section with the assistance of Manitoba Finance Special Investigations Unit seized a total of 80 cases of contraband cigarettes in Winnipeg.
Officials from RCMP Traffic Services and the Manitoba Finance Special Investigations Unit seized 150 cases of illegal, unmarked cigarettes in plastic bags and 25 cases of “discount” brand cigarettes in the West Hawk Lake area near the Manitoba-Ontario border on May 13.
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