Sabah Customs seizes cigarettes, liquor worth RM1.24mil in three containers


KOTA KINABALU: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) seized three containers containing cigarettes and liquor worth RM1.24mil in two separate raids at Sepanggar Port here this month.

Sabah Customs assistant director-general Cheong Yu Min said the first seizure was made on Sept 10 involving a container containing 10.2 million sticks of white cigarettes, while the second, was on Sept 18, involving two containers in which 52,272 litres of liquor was found.

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