Cops seize 4,400 cartons of illicit ciggies, 54-year-old man arrested


GEORGE TOWN: A 54-year-old man was arrested following the seizure of 4,400 cartons of contraband cigarettes worth more than RM600,000 during a special operation on Nov 1.

Penang Region One Marine Police Force deputy commanding officer Supt Rohizan Mohamad Saaid said the suspect was arrested at KM166.5 of the North-South Expressway, northbound, after the marine police intelligence unit spotted the suspect behaving suspiciously in a white van at about 6am.

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