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Death of NC cigarette wholesaler hinders smuggling probes
Paul Vinson Jr of Southern Wholesale Co in Goldsboro, a linchpin in North Carolina and FBI probes into cigarette smuggling, died of a heart attack July 21 near Fredericksburg. The loss stalls investigations into organized crime links and illicit sales that move millions in untaxed cigarettes across states.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Paul Vinson Jr
Southern Wholesale Co
Goldsboro
FBI
Herbert Monahan
Vinson
Fredericksburg
Pennsylvania
John Conyers
D-Mich
New York City
Southern
Lee Bryan
Bryan
North
Carolina
Buth
Congress
Jim Hunt
J. Phil Carlton
State
Crime Control and Public Safety
Carlton
A.L. Felton
Alcohol Law