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Two arrested on charges of selling cigarettes stolen from Oklahoma company

By Associated Press
Published: 8/19/2009 8:00 AM
Last Modified: 8/19/2009 8:00 AM

LOWELL, Ark. — Two Benton County residents have been arrested on felony charges of selling cigarettes that were stolen from an Oklahoma tobacco company.

Arkansas Tobacco Control officials say 44-year-old Clifford Lee Burkett of Rogers and 30-year-old Marie Elizabeth Eubanks of Lowell were arrested Monday.

Officials say 107 cartons of cigarettes taken from Burkett's home are believed to be part of 4,020 cartons stolen from a semi-trailer owned by Pryor, Okla.-based Xcaliber International.

Another 52 cartons of cigarettes, 7,000 loose cigarettes and 23 pounds of tobacco were found in Eubanks' home and pickup truck.

Cigarette smuggling has become a concern in Arkansas since the state raised the excise tax by $5.60 per carton on March 1. By Associated Press

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	Report Comment happy8003104b, Tulsa (8/19/2009 8:29:07 AM) Make them smoke them one after another until all gone and maybe they won't steal anymore. HAHA
	Report Comment Online predator, Muskogee (8/19/2009 9:08:12 AM) Let them go who cares.
	Report Comment Ric, Broken Arrow (8/19/2009 9:22:53 AM) Cigarettes Mafioso style...
	Report Comment tomintulsa, Tulsa (8/19/2009 9:31:49 AM) Pay-back time. When Oklahoma was a dry state we used to smuggle in booze from Arkansas.
	Report Comment moon, shine (8/19/2009 4:38:04 PM) pssst..we'll give you a great price for your life being cut short.
	Report Comment Few Clothes, Austin, TX (8/19/2009 9:19:08 PM) They might have have saved a few people's lives by stealing their smokes. I read today that some people are growing their own tobacco on plots of land they own. They will still have to guard it at night, just like weed.
	Report Comment lillylh, springdale (9/19/2009 10:32:16 PM) i know the whole story on this they werent the ones that stole the smokes
	Report Comment lillylh, springdale (9/19/2009 10:36:45 PM) rodney bebe told every one that he worked there and that they give him the smokes marie has never even got a ticket

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