Provincial Police in Dryden have seized a large quantity of illegal cigarettes.
Police say they conducted the traffic stop on Highway 17 west of Dryden in Wainwright Township on Wednesday at around 2:36pm.
Police then say they found 54 cases of unmarked cigarettes and they were seized by police.
The estimated value of the cigarettes is $214,000.
OPP say 62-year-old Alfred Guenther of Winnipeg has been charged with trafficking contraband tobacco and will appear in Dryden Court on July 20th, 2020.
54 cases of unmarked cigarettes were seized at a traffic stop by #DrydenOPP, with an estimated value of $214,000. Great investigative work again @OPP_NWR, thanks for always looking beyond the plate. pic.twitter.com/BhKjVX9tBz
— Thomas Carrique (@OPPCommissioner) April 30, 2020
