Customs Department taking steps to tighten rules against smuggling


SUBANG JAYA, 11 Dis -- Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kastam DiRaja Malaysia Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy ketika sidang media sempena Mesyuarat Pengarah-Pengarah Kastam SeMalaysia Ke-86 Tahunan 2018 hari ini.--fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

PETALING JAYA: Sundry shops caught selling even one carton of contraband cigarettes will face a minimum fine of RM100,000 under laws that will come into effect soon as the Customs Department tightens rules involving illegal smuggling.

At present, those caught will normally end up paying a fine of 10 times the value of the contraband confiscated.

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