Smuggling ops smoked out by marine police


PONTIAN: A foreign cargo ship travelling frequently between Perak and Batam, Indonesia, in the last one month raised the suspicion of marine police, leading to the seizure of illicit cigarettes worth RM52mil.

Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Comm Datuk Seri Abd Rahim Jaafar said that the Mongolian-registered vessel was coming from Myanmar and heading towards Batam.

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