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It appeared to be the oddest thing surfacing after a massive Six Nations Police (SNP) and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) combined forces investigation recently. You will remember last spring, when Chiefswood Road, a main artery to go, well, anywhere at Six Nations, was shut down when the huge SNP and OPP operation was launched. The combined forces investigation dubbed Project Panda ended up seeing eight non-Six Nations people charged, all facing charges involving trafficking of contraband tobacco and more than 1,360 pounds of illicit cannabis seized. The five people facing charges ranging from trafficking to unlawful manufacturing and packaging of tobacco products were not Six Nations people. With addresses from Ancaster to Hamilton the non- Indigenous people had been operating the factory, police described as a massive contraband tobacco operation… <\/p>\n

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It appeared to be the oddest thing surfacing after a massive Six Nations Police (SNP) and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) combined forces investigation recently. You will remember last spring, when Chiefswood Road, a main artery to go, well, anywhere at Six Nations, was shut down when the huge SNP and OPP operation was launched. The combined forces investigation dubbed Project Panda ended up seeing eight non-Six Nations people charged, all facing charges involving trafficking of contraband tobacco and more than 1,360 pounds of illicit cannabis seized. The five people facing charges ranging from trafficking to unlawful manufacturing and packaging of tobacco products were not Six Nations people. With addresses from Ancaster to Hamilton the non- Indigenous people had been operating the factory, police described as a massive contraband tobacco operation... <\/p>\n

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