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Area couriers uncover illicit cigarette shipments 

Jump to full article: Ottawa (Ont) Citizen (ca), 2010-03-21

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More than 300 bags of contraband cigarettes destined for western provinces were seized from one Cornwall courier company being used as an unwitting smuggling service, RCMP said Friday. In the last week, Cornwall RCMP were called twice to an area courier to seize contraband cigarettes. . . .

"The employees are smelling the tobacco in the boxes and calling us to make the seizure," Harvey said.

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