Illegal ciggies seized during raid on sundry shops


Fruitful haul: Customs officers checking some of the illegal cigarettes seized during the raid at the sundry shop in Johor Baru. — ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG / The Star.

NIBONG TEBAL: Customs officers have seized 2,000 sticks of smuggled Tex cigarettes from a sundry shop in Jalan Bukit Tambun with unpaid duty totalling RM1,007.

The officers found packs of the contraband stored in the rear of the shop during a raid yesterday and arrested the outlet operator.

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