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On December 17, 2021 at approximately 4:25 PM officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment stopped an eastbound vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act offence on Highway 11-17, Nipigon Township.
As a result of the traffic stop, officers located and seized 11,900 cartons of unmarked cigarettes. Officers also seized a quantity of Canadian currency.
John D McCormack, age 71 of Grenfell, SK has been charged with the following offences:
- Trafficking in contraband tobacco.
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5000.
- Possession of unmarked cigarettes.
- Possession of unmarked cigarettes for the purpose of sale.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in the Nipigon Ontario Court of Justice on February 8, 2022.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) provide policing services throughout Ontario. Our officers are responsible for policing over one million square kilometres of land and waterways. They provide frontline policing services to more than 320 Ontario municipalities and patrol over 126,000 kilometres of provincial roadways.
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