Contraband: File photo of illegal cigarettes seized by Customs officers. Those who sell illegal cigarettes can be fined up to RM500,000 or more, and jailed a maximum five years.
PETALING JAYA: An Indonesian businessman was jailed eight months for possessing 3,480 sticks of illegal cigarettes – the first offender in the state to be convicted under new amendment to the Customs Act 1967.
Andika Razali, 29, pleaded guilty in a magistrate’s court here to a charge of possessing prohibited items including 192 packs of illegal cigarettes of different brands at Jalan TK 4/1 in Puchong on Jan 2. The estimated value of the illegal cigarettes was RM323.
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