IPOH: Police arrested a Myanmar man and seized 110 cartons of contraband cigarettes worth RM14,500 at a shop in Kamunting town, Bandar Kamunting, near Taiping, on Saturday (Jan 29) night.
Taiping District Police chief ACP Osman Mamat said the 40-year-old suspect was held during an inspection by personnel from the Kampung Acheh Marine and Kamunting police station at about 8pm.
"Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted that he was the owner of all the seized items.
"Further checks found that the business licence of the grocery store was under his wife’s name," he said in a statement on Sunday (Jan 30).
Osman said the suspect, who had one criminal record related to drugs, would be remanded until Wednesday (Feb 2) under Section 135 (1) (d) of the Customs Act 1967. - Bernama
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