Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Man Sentenced For Contraband Cigarettes


{Elkins, West Virginia}...Mohammad D. Mohammad of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced in Elkins Tuesday to one year and nine months in prison for contraband cigarette charges in West Virginia. Mohammad must also pay a $5,000 fine. Mohammad pleaded guilty last November to one count of transporting and possessing more than 10,000 cigarettes without paying state taxes. Officers found the cigarettes when they stopped him in Lewis County on March 29, 2011.