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States Go to War on Cigarette Smuggling
WSJ ^ | 7/20/2009 | GARY FIELDS

Posted on 07/20/2009 10:48:21 AM PDT by markomalley

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To: lonestar
Very kind lonestar - many thanks!
41 posted on 07/20/2009 6:50:46 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: The Great RJ
RJ - it is my understanding that the mafia is well involved with black market cigarettes. From a logical, rational point of view: would one rather be caught crossing a state line with an illegal amount of tobacco or a shipment of cocaine?

I can not recall the exact amount of cigarettes people are allowed to cross state borders with but the amount is very high. High enough so that people involved will make a very tidy profit.

Not too long ago I understand a 19 year old kid from NJ was busted with well over the amount legal for crossing borders. He had a very profitable operation going but managed to get pulled over by the police for a busted tail light.

42 posted on 07/20/2009 6:55:26 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: markomalley

Does anyone GROW their own tobacco yet, under heat lamps in apartments? It WILL happen SOON, you can be sure!


43 posted on 07/20/2009 9:08:49 PM PDT by 2harddrive (S)
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To: Safrguns

I paid $7.50 for the last carton I bought! LOL. Times change. In college I once bought a pack for 19 CENTS, in either Virginia or North Carolina! On the way to a war protest in Washington, DC. LOL.


44 posted on 07/20/2009 9:12:41 PM PDT by 2harddrive (S)
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Used to be $26? I have bought Marlboros for $7.50 per carton in Texas. LOL.


45 posted on 07/20/2009 9:15:54 PM PDT by 2harddrive (S)
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To: 2harddrive
Used to be $26? I have bought Marlboros for $7.50 per carton in Texas. LOL.

And I used to buy them for $4.50 in the commissary. I was talking about a year ago, not 25 years ago. LOL.

46 posted on 07/21/2009 1:27:49 AM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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WOW! That IS amazing! LOL.


47 posted on 07/21/2009 5:18:37 AM PDT by 2harddrive (S)
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