Illicit ciggies worth RM900,000 seized


Foiled bid: Zazuli (second from left) and his team showing some of the cigarettes seized at North Port in Klang.

KLANG: Over nine million sticks of illicit cigarettes were seized by the Customs Department at North Port here.

The contraband items were found in a 12m-long container, which was supposed to be carrying garments.Central Zone Customs principal assistant director Datuk Zazuli Johan said the cigarettes were detected on July 29.

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