A record seizure in northwest Edmonton should have prompted more than a discussion about unpaid tobacco taxes. Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) investigators, supported by Edmonton police, seized nearly 158,000 cartons containing more than 31.6 million illegal cigarettes from a commercial property in June.
The shipment was valued at more than $29 million and represented an estimated $9.4 million in avoided provincial taxes, and is the largest contraband tobacco seizure in AGLC history.
