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Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.

Gunfire over cigarettes not new to Akwasasne

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Gunfire and intimidation are nothing new in the battle over who controls cigarette smuggling across the St. Lawrence River, said the chief of the Akwasasne band.

"Pirates" on the river have been shooting at reserve residents and at each other for years over the control of contraband cigarettes smuggling, said Chief Mike Mitchell.

"I've suffered from the same thing that the mayor in Cornwall now is suffering from having bullets fired at his house and on his property and being threatened and all that stuff," he said.