Written by Ontario Newsroom on 06 November 2010
GERALDTON VEHICLE STOP LEADS TO ARREST
November 5, 2010
On October 26, 2010, Scott Smith of Sylvan Lake, Alberta was convicted of possession of 690,000 unmarked cigarettes in the Geraldton Provincial Offences Court.
Smith was charged by the Ministry of Revenue’s Special Investigations Branch following an incident on February 24th, 2010 during which the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a vehicle near Geraldton, Ontario and discovered the unmarked cigarettes.
Smith was fined $252,810. He must also pay $63,202 to the Victims’ Justice Fund.
The unmarked cigarettes were seized and forfeited to the Ontario government.
QUICK FACTS
- Over the past two years, ending on March 31, 2010, approximately 77 million illegal cigarettes have been seized in Ontario by ministry investigators and inspectors.
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