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Jump to full article: Norfolk (VA) Virginian-Pilot, 2009-09-15
Author: Tim McGlone The Virginian-Pilot
Intro: Two Eastern Shore men were sentenced to probation Monday after pleading guilty in federal court to trafficking thousands of cartons of contraband cigarettes.
Senel Cuce, 29, co-owner of the Sunrise Family Market and Pizzeria in Exmore, and his manager, Ali Riza Zulam, were placed on five months of home detention with electronic monitoring.
Both immigrated here from Turkey. Zulam, 41, of Poc omoke City, Md., obtained permanent residency and is married to a U.S. citizen so he likely will not be deported.
Cuce, however, has not obtained residency and will face deportation proceedings. Cuce used to live in Norfolk, where he ran Sunrise Pizzeria on Tidewater Drive several years ago. He now lives in Melfa.
The two admitted selling dozens of cartons of cigarettes at a time to black marketeers who would deliver them to New York and Pennsylvania, where cigarette taxes are much higher than in Virginia. The two were arrested earlier this year after selling contraband cigarettes to undercover federal agents.
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