Negri’s biggest cigarettes seizure to date

Record haul: Mohammad Hafiz (centre) holding up some of the seized cigarettes.

SEREMBAN: Smuggled cigarettes with unpaid duties totalling almost RM4.5mil were seized along the North-South Expressway (NSE) in separate operations on the same day.

Negri Sembilan Customs Department director Mohammad Hafiz Ishak said the contraband – the largest seizure in the state this year – was found in two lorries.