MIRI: Contraband cigarettes with a street value of RM33mil and unpaid taxes amounting to RM4.8mil have been confiscated from a cargo vessel near here.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), which made the seizure, believes that the smuggling activity was run by a syndicate involving local masterminds in Sarawak but with potential international connections.
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