smuggling

SASKATCHEWAN – As more contraband cigarettes are seized in Saskatchewan, police are continuing to look for ways to help stop the distribution. In July, 8.75-million unstamped cigarettes, 30 pallets full, were seized near Swift Current in a new record for highway patrol. The tobacco was on its way from Ontario to B.C. Illegal cigarettes were also seized in a bust […]

A man’s routine drive to Saskatchewan from Ontario took an unexpected turn after his GPS took him on a “shortcut” through the US, resulting in him being charged with drug offences when border officers found drugs. The 57-year-old wasn’t familiar with Sault St. Marie and found himself on the international bridge between Sault Ste. Marie, […]