ALOR STAR: The state Anti-Smuggling Unit has crippled a syndicate believed to be involved in producing counterfeit cigarettes with the seizure of 10,480kg of tobacco leaves worth about RM640,000 from a factory in Mergong Barrage Industrial Estate here.
Kuala Kedah unit troop commander Samsudin Lebai Ahmad said the raw material could have been smuggled in from a neighbouring country by sea.
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