Five people are facing charges of illegal trafficking of untaxed cigarettes on Long Island.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice says more than 100 cases of cigarettes and nearly $1 million were seized.

The suspects are accused of buying untaxed cigarettes from undercover cops.

The cigarettes were then sold to retailers in Brooklyn and Queens or on the street.

Rice says a taxed carton of cigarettes in New York sells for about $90. The defendants were paying $32 per carton. She says that equals a loss to New York taxpayers of $3 million.