Okanagan traffic stop sees 1.5M contraband cigarettes seized

Mounties in the North Okanagan have seized 1.5 million contraband cigarettes earlier this month.

A routine traffic stop in Vernon led to the discovery and seizure of the cigarettes.

On Sunday, Jan. 8, around 10 pm, an officer stopped a vehicle towing a trailer on 27th Street in Vernon and found the man was prohibited from driving.

The man was arrested and officers searched the vehicle.

All of the product was seized, however, the 45-year-old Lumby man was released at the scene with a future court date.

An investigation is ongoing.