Speeding transport driver nabbed with $4.4 million in contraband tobacco along Hwy. 401 in Kingston
… Inside, OPP and MTO officers discovered the trailer was filled with over 17,820 kilograms of contraband; fine-cut tobacco with an estimated value was $4.4 million.
According to the officer, that equates to a total federal and provincial tack loss of approximately $9.1 million.
The driver, 60-year-old Joga Singh Dhillon of Puslinch Township near Cambridge, has been charged with trafficking contraband tobacco.
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