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RCMP seizure

RCMP seize over 17,000 unstamped cigarettes in Humboldt

Sep 24, 2023 | 10:35 AM

Humboldt and Lanigan RCMP made a big seizure earlier this week.

On Friday, police executed a search warrant at a residence in the City of Humboldt as a result of a six-month investigation into the selling of unstamped tobacco products.

There, they found over 17,000 unstamped cigarettes and charged 74-year-old Joseph John Therres from Humboldt with possession of unstamped tobacco for the purpose of sale and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.

Therres is set to make his first appearance in Humboldt Provincial Court on Monday, November 20, 2023.