Two Men, Two Stores, Two Million Cigarettes

Two Edmonton men face up to three years in prison after being caught with over $2.7 million in illegal cigarettes—part of a sophisticated, greed-driven operation that moved contraband from warehouses to local stores using luxury cars and encrypted phone chats. Both, immigrants from Eritrea who became Canadian citizens and owned convenience stores, pleaded guilty to trafficking and fraud. The judge called it a well-planned scheme requiring serious coordination and imposed a sentence to send a clear message: large-scale tobacco smuggling won’t be tolerated. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c8acd0ef4ab3b551