Man accused of trying to bring millions of smokes from Quebec into Manitoba by The Canadian Press Last Updated Dec 13, 2020 at 9:26 pm EDT A Manitoba man faces charges after authorities there and in Ontario allege he was caught with millions of illegal cigarettes. The Manitoba government says the 44-year-old was stopped and arrested by Ontario Provincial Police on Nov. 29, east of Thunder Bay, while allegedly smuggling more than 2.5 million cigarettes he had recently bought in Quebec and was bringing to Manitoba for resale. He was released by the OPP and faces charges in Ontario, but Manitoba Finance’s Taxation Special Investigations Unit continued to watch him when he returned to Winnipeg.