On a clear February morning, a team of inspectors marches into the Subrina Mini Mart in the working-class Queens (N.Y.) neighborhood of Woodhaven. The shelves are stacked with instant noodles, Lysol, canned beans, and, of course, cigarettes. The clerk looks nervous. The inspectors, employees of a private-investigation firm hired by tobacco giant Altria, are searching for counterfeit packs of Marlboros and any that have slipped past New York tax authorities. Three times over the past year this store allegedly sold fake smokes to an undercover agent employed by the Richmond (Va.)-based manufacturer. Altria sued the Mini Mart, one of 35 such suits it has filed in the past 10 months in New York and New Jersey.
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机译：2月的一个晴朗的早晨，一组检查人员进入伍德哈芬皇后区（纽约州）工人阶级的Subrina Mini Mart。架子上堆满了方便面，Lysol，罐头豆，当然还有香烟。店员看起来很紧张。检查人员是烟草业巨人奥驰亚（Altria）雇用的一家私人调查公司的雇员，他们正在寻找假冒的万宝路包和任何已溜过纽约税务部门的物品。据称，在过去的一年中，这家商店有3次将假烟卖给了一家总部位于里士满（Va。）的制造商雇用的秘密特工。奥驰亚公司起诉了迷你超市，这是过去10个月来在纽约和新泽西州提起的35件此类诉讼之一。
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