KOTA KINABALU: An attempt to smuggle contraband cigarettes found inside banana-filled gunny sacks from a neighbouring country into Tawau has been foiled by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Friday (Feb 3).
A 33-year-old local skipper was found in the boat with the 28,000 rolls of cigarettes estimated to be worth RM18,000 at about 0.5 nautical miles south from the Tawau CIQ jetty at 6am.
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