PASIR GUDANG: More than 400 boxes of contraband cigarettes worth RM4,660 have been seized following checks on traders at Jalan Pekeliling here.
Seri Alam OCPD Supt Sohaimi Ishak said that a group of auxiliary policemen from a company conducted checks on traders operating at its car park at about 7.05am on Saturday (April 8).
"Following checks, they found a total of 469 boxes of cigarettes believed to be untaxed. Also arrested was a foreign woman in her 60s. Based on checks, she has no criminal record.
"The suspect has been remanded for seven days, starting from April 9 under Section 116 C of the Customs Act 1976," he said in a statement on Sunday (April 9).
He added that the case is being investigated under Section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967 for being in possession of illicit cigarettes.
If convicted, she faces a fine of up to 20 times the value of the contraband cigarettes, or a maximum of RM500,000 (whichever is higher), or jail of up to five years, or both.
