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Over 251,000 smuggled cigarette packs incinerated in Casablanca 

Jump to full article: Maghreb Arabe Presse (ma), 2005-09-21

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The National Commission for fighting smuggling (CNLCC) incinerated Wednesday in Casablanca 251,380 cigarette packs, worth MAD 3,7 million (around USD 411,000), seized during various operations in 2005.

Some 109,000 of these cigarette packs were seized in Casablanca, 135,380 in Ouarzazate (south) and 7,000 between Ouarzazate and Casablanca, said Naim Al Khatib, an official at the Tobacco company.

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