Hefty Fine

A Manitoba resident has been given a hefty fine for trying to smuggle contraband cigarettes in northwestern Ontario.

Carl Fontaine of For Alexander has been sentenced to six months injail and will have to pay almost 340 thousand dollars for possessing unmarked cigarettes for the purpose of sale.

Fontaine was pulled over last August near Marathon with over 900 thousand cigarettes in his possession.

In addtion to the fine, he also will have to pay an 84 thousand dollar surcharge to the Victim Justice Fund.