This article is about the dodgy ciggs all those shops that keep “catching on fire” sell

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        2 years ago

        Nobody has the resources to scan every single package in every single shipment. At most they flag a few due to suspicious paperwork and screen those

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        2 years ago

        yeah it’s not individuals doing the major smuggling. it’s the container-loads that never seem to get inspected.

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        In a way. Chop chop is slang for loose leaf tobacco which hasn’t been taxed, sold cheaply on the black market. It’s either smuggled into the country or grown locally in secret.

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          Oh cool. I figured it was just loose leaf tobacco of some kind, but there is more attached to it. Thanks for the clarification!