Dryden OPP Seize $540k in Contraband Tobacco and Charge Toronto Man

953
Image: Dryden OPP
Image: Dryden OPP

DRYDEN – Regional News – The Dryden OPP have seized 135 cases of contraband tobacco with a value of about $540,000. A sixty-year-old Toronto man now faces charges as a result.

OPP report that on June 1, 2020, at approximately 2:17 pm CDT, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Dryden Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17, near Eton Township (West of Dryden) for a Highway Traffic Act violation.

As a result of that traffic stop, officers located and seized 135 cases of unmarked cigarettes with an approximate value of $540,000.

Jesus Martinez Aguilar, 60 years old of Toronto, ON has been charged with the following offence under the Criminal Code:

  •  Trafficking in Contraband Tobacco contrary to section 121.1

The accused was also charged with the following offences under the Tobacco Tax Act:

  • Possess unmarked cigarettes for sale contrary to section 29(1)
  • Possess unmarked cigarettes contrary to section 29(2)

The accused will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice Dryden in August. None of the charges have been proven in court.

Previous articleJune 2, 2020 – Ontario Premier Doug Ford Daily News Conference
Next articleJ Carlie a Life of a Genius in the Making
NetNewsledger.com or NNL offers news, information, opinions and positive ideas for Thunder Bay, Ontario, Northwestern Ontario and the world. NNL covers a large region of Ontario, but we are also widely read around the country and the world. To reach us by email: newsroom@netnewsledger.com. Reach the Newsroom: (807) 355-1862