RM11m illegal cigs seized in ship raid


Biggest haul: Khazali (red shirt) holding up the seized contraband cigarettes while Johor department director Datuk Ramli Johari (right) looks on in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: The Customs Department has made its biggest bust in Johor this year with the seizure of contraband cigarettes valued at RM11.5mil including tax.

Director-general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad said the 19.72 million sticks of cigarettes were found in two shipping containers in a France-registered ship docked at Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Gelang Patah on Saturday.

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