Pahang Customs makes largest-ever seizure of illicit smokes

Mohd Asri (centre) and his officers with a portion of the seized contraband. – BERNAMApic

KUANTAN: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled a smuggling attempt in broad daylight when it seized 24,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes with estimated unpaid duty of RM3.2mil.

Pahang Customs director Mohd Asri Seman said the cigarettes – the largest such haul in the state to date – were confiscated from an eight-tonne lorry on the Kuantan-Segamat Highway near Pekan at 2.20pm on Sept 13.