ABOUT ten million sticks of counterfeit cigarette meant for the Nigerian market have been seized in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The fake products which are made up of six million sticks of Rothmans King size cigarette as well as four million sticks of Benson and Hedges were seized by British American Tobacco Nigeria security operatives following a tip-off.
The latest seizure comes on the heels of a recent operation carried out in Abidjan, Ivory Coast during which a large consignment of counter-feit cigarette also meant for the Nigerian market was impounded and destroyed.
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