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Idaho couple sentenced for smuggling cigarettes into Washington  

Jump to full article: AP, 2007-10-22
Author: The Associated Press

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An Idaho couple who federal prosecutors say were the ringleaders of a cigarette trafficking scheme that cost the state of Washington millions of dollars in uncollected taxes have been sentenced in federal court.

Peter Mahoney and Peggy Mahoney, operators of the Warpath Smoke Shop on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation at Plummer, Idaho, were sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court for trafficking in contraband cigarettes, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Rice said Monday.

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