Saskatchewan RCMP are reporting to have seized nearly four million unstamped cigarettes in a traffic stop on Sunday.
On Jan. 7, at around 1 p.m., RCMP stopped a semi on Highway 11 near Lumsden.
RCMP officers reportedly observed evidence of illegal cigarettes and searched the trailer.
Police discovered 12.5 pallets of unstamped tobacco – totalling 356 cases or 3.56 million individual cigarettes.
Following the discovery, the 25-year-old Edmonton man who was driving the semi was arrested.
He faces four charges under the Tobacco Tax Act and made his first appearance in provincial court on Monday.
