Officers outsmart shopkeepers who tried to hide illegal ciggies stash


Big haul: A Customs enforcement officer showing the seized illicit cigarettes at a grocery shop in Taman Alma Jaya in Bukit Mertajam.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Several grocery shop operators thought they could outsmart the authorities by keeping illicit cigarettes in biscuit tins and secret compartments.

One of them kept the untaxed cigarettes in biscuit tins placed on top of shelves at the shop in Bukit Mertajam.

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