The RCMP Customs and Excise Section, with the assistance of Service Nova Scotia’s Compliance and Special Investigation’s team, arrested a 39-year-old man from Indian Brook and a 49-year-old from Ecum Secum in the Stewiacke area.
The cigarettes were seized during a search of the two men’s vehicles they were operating on a rural road near Highway 102.
Police have seized both vehicles – a 2002 Chrysler Sebring and a 2010 Ford F150.
Both men face charges under the federal Excise Act and provincial Revenue Act and are scheduled to appear in Shubenacadie provincial court on Dec. 5.
