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An Indian man was sentenced to prison and will be deported for his role in an illegal tobacco trafficking ring in Metro Atlanta. Sanjay Bector pleaded guilty June 13 in Gwinnett County Superior Court to one count of possession of cigarettes with counterfeit stamps.

Judge Ronnie K. Batchelor sentenced Bector to 10 years to serve 24 months, to be suspended upon his deportation. Earlier this year, an immigration court judge entered an order removing Bector to India. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $445,421.

The state said Bector was a key conspirator in an illegal tobacco trafficking ring that spanned several counties and resulted in 50 people being arrested for violations of Georgia law involving the illegal possession, sale and distribution of contraband cigarettes. Bector avoided the payment of state excise taxes on cigarettes by knowingly buying untaxed cigarettes that had counterfeit excise tax stamps.

Bector was associated with City South, a tobacco wholesaler located in Forest Park, Ga., where a number of illegal purchases are alleged to have been made. City South has closed since the arrests of Bector and his co-defendants in October 2011 and its tobacco license was voluntarily surrendered.