Holy smokes: Over RM11mil worth of contraband cigarettes seized


ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Johor Customs Department seized a container with RM11.33mil worth of contraband cigarettes from China.

The 40-foot container had landed at the Tanjung Pelepas Port on March 11 around 4pm, said the department’s Gelang Patah branch director Datuk Mohammad Hamiddan Maryani during a press conference on Monday (March 16).

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