Sabah Customs seizes RM7.9mil worth of contraband cigarettes, booze

Mohd Nasir (seated, centre) with the seized containers in the background

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Customs Department has managed to cripple two syndicates selling illegal alcoholic drinks and cigarettes in separate raids here and in the Tawau district earlier in December.

In total, Customs managed to seize items worth some RM7.9mil in the raids jointly conducted by the Special Investigation Branch, the enforcement unit as well as the Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault (Cobra) team on Dec 13 and 14.