Smoke shop raided again
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This article was published 21/12/2011 (5221 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba authorities have conducted another raid on the Dakota Chundee Smoke Shop near Pipestone.
On Tuesday afternoon, authorities from Manitoba Finance conducted their third raid on the shop since it opened in early November.
Approximately 25 cartons of cut-rate Mohawk cigarettes were seized in the raid, which began at 1 p.m.
The smoke shop is owned and operated by the Great Buffalo Nation Dakota, under the leadership of Dakota Plains Chief Orville Smoke and Canupawakpa Chief Frank Brown.
Group spokesman Craig Blacksmith said the province has been laying charges under the Tobacco Tax Act on Brown and Orville, as well as two shop employees.
“They’re just stacking the charges on top,” Blacksmith said. “During the second time, it was whatever charge times two. Now it’s whatever charge times three.”
Last week, the Sun reported that the controversial smoke shop was to become a drive-thru operation, as a way to dissuade minors from accessing any cigarettes and prevent provincial authorities from simply walking in and seizing the cigarettes.
The construction of a drive-thru window was delayed after workers encountered some difficulties with a wall that used to hold a window years earlier.
“We had to find a different location, so it’s not done yet,” Blacksmith said.
As with previous provincial raids, the Great Buffalo Nation Dakota planned to reopen the smoke shop with a fresh stock of cigarettes once authorities left the premises.
“As soon as they leave, we’re going to open up again.”
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