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Three indicted for contraband cigarette sales | turnto10.com 

Jump to full article: NBC 10 (Providence, RI), 2008-11-14

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PROVIDENCE--Money-making plans for three men went up in smoke after they were indicted for selling tens of thousands of contraband cigarettes.

Federal prosecutors said 38-year-old Hussam Ghanam, of Pawtucket, and 45-year-old Mohamed Amir Tatari, of Johnston, conspired to sell 155 cartons of cigarettes to undercover federal agents without the proper Rhode Island state tax stamps.

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