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Jump to full article: WMAR ABC2 (Baltimore, MD), 2010-01-25
Author: Reported by: Cheryl Conner
Intro: An investigation by the Maryland Comptroller’s Office that spanned several weeks turned up 130,000 sticks of untaxed tobacco products, along with more than 2,600 illegal cigarettes.
Comptroller Peter Franchot says Kyun Hong from Severna Park is at the center of it all. Agents watched him transport a large quantity of tobacco products, but where he got it from is still unknown.
The Avenue Bar on Greenmount Ave. received a $500 citation in connection with the case, but the manager says he buys cartons of cigarettes from wholesalers and he doesn't know Hong.
"We expect all the cigarettes are good to sell for retail, but unfortunately those few cigarettes we had wasn't stamped," said Sung Kim, manager, The Avenue Bar.
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