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Two Held Over Smuggled "Bond" Cigarettes 

Jump to full article: All-Africa.com, 2007-09-11
Author: Sebastian R. Freiku Kumasi / Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)

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LARGE QUANTITIES of Bond cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris International (PMI) which has no agency in Ghana were found to be stocked in a warehouse in Kumasi .

A container full of about 1,094 master cases of the stuff were found at an old sawmill which serves as a warehouse at the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi.

The cigarettes are believed to be counterfeit since they are being sold at a ridiculously low price of ¢1.5 million per master case instead of the normal price of between ¢3milion and ¢3.5 million.

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