A day after being raided by the Cayuga and Seneca county sheriffs' offices, both Lake Side Trading stores were open for business Wednesday, minus their cigarette inventory.

The stores was raided Tuesday after the sheriffs' office obtained a search warrant to seize any untaxed cigarettes and other evidence that could be used to charge the Cayuga Nation with felony tax evasion.

Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann said deputies seized more than 1.5 million untaxed cigarettes from the Union Springs store. Possessing more than 10,000 untaxed cigarettes qualifies as a felony.

The tribe, which owns the Lake Side Trading in Seneca Falls and Union Springs, had previously said they do not have to charge taxes on transactions that take place on their property.

But Budelmann said the store property is not on sovereign land and must follow all of the state's tax laws.

A store employee said the business re-opened at 9 p.m. Tuesday and that cars are allowed to purchase gas, but added that customers will be unable to purchase cigarettes at this time because they were all seized during the raid.