On Friday 10 October 2014 the National Police reported the seizure of 190 boxes of Capital brand cigarettes with 10,000 units in each box that had been smuggled into the country. The cigarettes were stored in a private home on Prolongacion Desiderio Arias corner Dr. Defillo in the Santo Domingo neighborhood of Bella Vista. 39-year old Victor Alejandro Zoquiel Cabrera, who was on the premises at the time, was arrested. The cigarettes, believed to have been imported from Haiti, have an estimated sale value of RD$9.5 million. Smuggled cigarettes are sold for around three pesos less than the regular brands.
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