Over RM1mil in contraband ciggies seized


TUMPAT, 5 Nov -- Pengarah Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM) Kelantan Wan Jamal Abdul Salam Wan Long (dua, kanan) bersama pegawainya menunjukkan sebahagian rokok seludup yang berjaya dirampas pada sidang media di Pejabat Penguatkuasaan JKDM Pengkalan Kubor hari ini. JKDM Kelantan berjaya mematahkan cubaan menyeludup 1,560,000 batang rokok bernilai RM140,400 dan jumlah cukai sebanyak RM1,034,640 di Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kota Bharu. --fotoBERNAMA (2023) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

TUMPAT: The Customs Department has arrested a lorry driver who was transporting smuggled cigarettes worth a total of RM1.18mil in Kota Baru.

Kelantan Customs director Wan Jamal Abdul Salam Wan Long said the 48-year-old man was arrested by a team from the Pengkalan Kubor enforcement branch on Oct 24.

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