Three First Nations reopened their smokeshop on Wednesday, a day after it was raided by the Manitoba government.

The Canupawakpa First Nation, the Dakota Plains Wahpeton Nation and the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation first opened the Dakota Chundee Smoke Shop last week. It sells tax-free cigarettes that are produced by Rainbow Tobacco, a company based on the Kahnawake First Nation in Quebec.

Authorities in Manitoba seized 89,500 cigarettes from the store but it reopened when another shipment arrived. "It's business as usual," employee Charles Blacksmith told The Winnipeg Free Press.

Cartons of cigarettes go for about $40 Canadian. Elsewhere in Manitoba, they are sold for about $98

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