High Level RCMP seize over 100,000 illegal cigarettes

May 1, 2024 | 3:05 PM

In March, High Level RCMP’s General Investigation section executed a search warrant at a business in Eleske.

As a result of the warrant, 704 unstamped tobacco boxes were seized by Mounties, containing 200 cigarettes each; adding up to a total of 140,800 illegal cigarettes.

Photo Courtesy High Level RCMP

Now, an Eleske resident, 39-year-old Sharminder Singh has three charges pressed against him:

Possession of unstamped tobacco product
Sale of unstamped tobacco products
Possession of tobacco products not marked for tax-paid pre-sale

Singh was released from custody and is set to appear at the High Level court on May 13.

In the release, High Level Detachment Commander, Sergent Devron Dittmer credited “proactive police enforcement, the assistance of community members, local businesses and their employees, as well as Crime Stoppers,” for helping them “successfully investigate the sale of illegal cigarettes.”

by Tanner Smith