22-10-2019 20:09 via kvoa.com

The Latest: NYC, California sue post office over cigarettes

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service over cigarette smuggling (all times local):
2:10 p.m.
New York City and California are suing the U.S. Postal Service to stop tens of thousands of cigarette packages from being mailed from foreign countries to U.S. residents.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court blames the Postal Service for “cigarette tax evasion.”
It says smugglers take advantage of widely varying tax rates on cigarettes to
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