The Manitoba government seized 89,550 cigarettes from a First Nations smoke shop on Tuesday.

The Canupawakpa First Nation, the Dakota Plains Wahpeton Nation and the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation opened the Dakota Chundee Smoke Shop last week. It sold out of the first shipment of tax-free cigarettes on the first day.

The second shipment arrived and provincial authorities moved in. The cigarettes were produced by Rainbow Tobacco, a company based on the Kahnawake First Nation in Quebec.

The action was expected and the Canupawakpa First Nation hopes that going to court will resolve aboriginal rights and treaty issues.

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