Major bust: Comm Sahabudin (second from right) with Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Samad (right) showing the seized contraband cigarettes during the press conference at the district police headquarters in Bandar Perda in Bukit Mertajam.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Police have crippled a contraband cigarette syndicate, seizing RM7.8mil worth of cigarettes and arresting 12 men.
Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said 4.06 million filtered cigarettes and 691,200 unfiltered cigarettes were confiscated during the raid at about 5am on June 26.
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