Customs sniffs out millions of contraband cigarettes

BUTTERWORTH, 14 Jun -- Pengarah Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM) Pulau Pinang, Datuk Saidi Ismail (kanan) dan Pengarah Pelesenan dan Inspektorat Lembaga Perindustrian Kayu Malaysia, Zulkepli Abd Rani mengadakan sidang akhbar mengenai rampasan kayu gergaji di stor Kastam Bagan Jermal hari ini. Pihak Kastam menyita enam kontena kayu gergaji untuk dieksport di Pelabuhan Kontena Butterworth Utara (NBCT). Kayu gergaji berkenaan dilarang pengeksportannya. --fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Customs Department seized more than 3.7 million sticks of contraband and clove cigarettes worth nearly RM2.6mil, including tax, in two separate operations.

Its director Datuk Saidi Ismail said the value of the contraband was close to RM300,000, while the tax was valued at about RM2.3mil.