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Cops Crack Cape Vincent Smuggling Ring 

During the late evening hours of Tuesday, October 6, 2009, US and Canadian Law Enforcement authorities broke an illegal cigarette smuggling group arresting 5 individuals, seizing over 6,400 cartons of untaxed cigarettes, 2 boats, 4 vehicles, approximately $27,000 in Canadian currency, cocaine and hashish.

Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Kingston Police, New York State Police, US Border Patrol, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Metro Jeff Drug Task Force worked together to surveille an organized group smuggling untaxed cigarettes from the Town of Cape Vincent, NY to Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada.

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