Desperate smugglers resort to scare tactics

Underworld message: The senior assistant director's house and cars were splashed with red paint.

JOHOR BARU: Cigarette and liquor smuggling syndicates are resorting to scare tactics and threats after the Customs Department tightened security checks at both the Second Link and the Causeway here.

At least two senior assistant directors from the import and export divisions have reportedly been threatened, including with the splashing of red paint at the house and vehicles of one of them.