Contraband cigs worth RM578,600 seized in raids

Illegal haul: Radzi (right) examining boxes containing the illicit cigarettes in Kuala Terengganu. — Bernama

KUALA TERENGGANU: The state Customs Department made its biggest seizure of illicit cigarettes this year, crippling two separate attempts to smuggle the items worth some RM578,600 into the country.

Terengganu Customs Department deputy director Radzi Muhamad said that in the first case on Aug 16, a raiding team detained a 47-year-old man and seized 94 cartons of various brands of cigarettes worth RM11,950.02 from the kitchen of his shophouse at Bukit Amar, Bandar Permaisuri, Setiu.