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Jump to full article: Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, 2009-06-06
Author: Kathleen Baydala
Intro: Four cigarette distribution and manufacturing companies have been raided, including one in north Mississippi, in the last two months as authorities continue a two-year investigation into an alleged tobacco black market.
Besides the Magnolia State, the black market network is believed to have ties to South Carolina and Kentucky, according to an FBI statement released Friday.
On May 26, a task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agents searched Global Distributing in Tupelo. The most recent raid was conducted Thursday at Holley Sales Group, a distribution company in Anderson, S.C. The FBI did not disclose what, if anything, was seized in those searches.
While the investigation has not yielded any arrests, "a number of subjects have been interviewed," the FBI statement said.
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