Johor cops foil attempt by smugglers to transport illegal cigarettes with medical supplies


JOHOR BARU: Police here have foiled an attempt by smugglers to use medical supplies as a front to transport illicit cigarettes.

Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Rupiah Abd Wahid said a team of Region II marine police seized 5, 000 packets of contraband cigarettes worth RM200, 000 after stopping a lorry around the Taman Johor industrial area here at around 1.30pm on Tuesday (July 6).

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