Anti-smuggling raid nets over RM2.6mil worth of contraband cigarettes


By G.C.Tan

ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Border Security Agency (Aksem) seized 260 boxes of contraband cigarettes worth more than RM1.7mil and four luxury cars worth about RM900,000 in an anti-smuggling raid here on Saturday (Sept 1).

Bukit Kayu Hitam Aksem commander Asst Supt Mohd Khairi Abdullah said following a tip-off, an intelligence team staked out a double-storey semi-detached house in Taman Lavender here on Friday (Aug 31) at 9pm.

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