SOUTH GLENGARRY, ON, Dec. 17 /CNW/ - A 26 year old male driver from
Akwesasne, Ontario and a 45 year old male passenger from Cornwall, Ontario
both face a charge under the Excise Act 2001 for possession of a tobacco
product not properly stamped. These charges are as a result of a traffic stop
by the Ontario Provincial Police on Highway 401 eastbound in South Glengarry,
Ontario.
On December 16th, 2008, an officer from the OPP observed a 2000
Oldsmobile Silhouette van driving aggressively in the Glen Walter and
Summerstown area. The OPP stopped the vehicle on Highway 401 in South
Glengarry, Ontario. Upon approaching the driver, the officer observed
cardboard boxes of contraband cigarettes inside the vehicle. Officers from the
Cornwall RCMP Detachment were then contacted to assist.
The RCMP officers attended the scene, arrested both occupants of the
vehicle, seized the vehicle as well as 1,400 resealable bags of contraband
cigarettes believed to have been manufactured in the United States and
smuggled into Canada. The driver and passenger were later released to appear
at the Cornwall court on February 10th, 2009.
"Contraband tobacco is easily accessible to people of all ages", said
Sgt. Michael Harvey of the RCMP. "We should be concerned because it encourages
young people to take up smoking with access to cheap cigarettes".
For further information: Sgt. Michael Harvey, RCMP Cornwall Detachment,
(613) 937-2831
