Federal ATF agents at Indian store in Seneca Falls
FingerLakes1.com Originally posted at 1/16/13 @ 2:19 pm UPDATED @ 1/16/13 @ 3:07 pm
FingerLakes1.com has learned that up to 10 Federal ATF agents, along with local authorities, are on site at the Skydancer Smoke Shop/Gas Station on Bayard Street in Seneca Falls. The business is operated by members of the Oklahoma-Cayuga Indian Tribe.
As of 2:40 pm agents were removing cases of cigarettes from the building, stacking them on wood pallets, and loading onto a truck. FingerLakes1.com learned that agents arrived at the location -just after 2:00 pm on Wednesday afternoon.
The main entrance to the Skydancer Smoke Shop on Bayard Street in Seneca Falls. ATF Agents were using the pallets seen here to stack cases of cigarettes for loading onto a nearby unmarked white truck. (FL1 Staff Photo - 1/15/13 @ 2:34 pm)
ATF Agents load cases of cigarettes by the rear entrance to Skydancer Smoke Shop on Bayard Street in Seneca Falls on Wednesday afternoon.. (FL1 Staff Photo - 1/15/13 @ 2:36 pm)
An empty shelf that had previously housed cartons of cigarettes can be seen through the window at Skydancer Smoke Shop on Bayard Street in Seneca Falls. The entire property is roped off with police tape. (FL1 Staff Photo - 1/15/13 @ 2:36 pm)
This photo shows the white truck that agents have been loading since just before 2:30 pm. (Photo by Howard Lainhart - 1/15/13 @ 2:46 pm)
This was the scene at Skydancer Smoke Shop on Bayard Street in Seneca Falls on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Howard Lainhart - 1/15/13 @ 2:46 pm)
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