JOHOR BARU: Two containers filled with 19.72 million sticks of contraband cigarettes worth RM11.5mil, including tax, have been seized by the Customs Department here.
Customs director-general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad said the cigarettes were brought in by a France-registered ship, and the department received a tip-off around 12.35pm on Friday that the ship was anchored at Tanjung Pelepas Port in Gelang Patah.
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