USA CONTRABAND
June 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
THE US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 15 members of two cigarette smuggling organisations that has allegedly trafficked about US$20 million (Pounds12 million) in contraband cigarettes from Virginia to California, Nevada and New York. Agents seized 1,000 cases of domestic and 51 cases of counterfeit cigarettes, worth over US$2 million, with the arrests being made in West Virginia and California.
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THE US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 15 members of two cigarette smuggling organisations that has allegedly trafficked about US$20 million (Pounds12 million) in contraband cigarettes from Virginia to California, Nevada and New York. Agents seized 1,000 cases of domestic and 51 cases of counterfeit cigarettes, worth over US$2 million, with the arrests being made in West Virginia and California.
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