Second native tobacco company searched

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - - Investigators are looking into another New Mexico cigarette distributor with Native American connections.

State agents searched the Hemi Group's warehouse in northeast Albuquerque on Aug. 20.

The Hemi Group is owned by members of the Jemez pueblo and sells tobacco online.

But according to the state some of the manufacturers of those products have not paid to put them on the state's approved list.

Federal investigators also believe some members of the San Ildefonso tribe have been illegally avoiding state taxes in their online cigarette sales.

So far no one's been charged with a crime.