Large haul: Johari (second from left) with (from left) State Customs director Abdul Halim Ramli, State Customs deputy director Roselan Ramli and Customs assistant director-general (Enforcement) Datuk Iskandar Jaafar showing the seized cigarettes at the department enforcement office in Perai, Penang.
BUTTERWORTH: The Customs Department has seized branded illicit cigarettes with more than RM20.7mil in unpaid taxes and duties at the North and West Ports in Klang.
The department’s assistant director-general (enforcement) Datuk Johari Alifiah said his men seized a total of 3,082 cartons of illicit cigarettes worth RM2.48mil from both ports on July 24.
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