27,940 untaxed cigarettes worth over $243,000 seized in Lonoke County, Arkansas, during a traffic stop; Georgia man Emile Bangoura arrested.

27,940 packs of untaxed, illegal cigarettes worth over $243,000 were seized during a traffic stop in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Georgia man Emile Bangoura, 35, was arrested on suspicion of possession of untaxed tobacco. The haul marked the second-largest seizure in Arkansas Tobacco Control's history, surpassed only by a 2023 seizure near Carlisle.

April 15, 2024
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