The state is collaborating with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, in cracking down on the cigarette black market.
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Arrests are made by Richmond police, who then turn their cases over to the federalBureauofAlcohol, TobaccoandFirearms.
Robert Champion, the special agent in charge for the Dallas office of the federalBureauofAlcohol, TobaccoandFirearms, said experts plan to enter the crater in the next few days and start digging in search of an explanation.
And the federalBureauofAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearmsand Explosives already has sent a handful of agents to assist, according to Richard Coes, a spokesman for that agency.