Contraband worth RM100mil seized


Poster war: (From left) Customs deputy director-general Datuk Dr Zukefli Ibrahim, Subromaniam, Customs deputy director-general (enforcement and compliance) Datuk Azimah Abd Hamid and Customs corporate planning division deputy director Shafif Aziz at the press conference on alcohol and cigarette smuggling.

KUALA LUMPUR: It has been a productive first two months of the year for the Customs Department as they seized alcoholic drinks and contraband cigarettes worth almost RM100mil including taxes.

The contraband items involved 325 cases, 148 of which have been brought to the court and 74 suspects have pleaded guilty.

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