‘Safe house’ for cigarette smuggling racket raided

KOTA KINABALU: A seemingly ordinary house turned out to be a place to store illicit cigarettes smuggled from neighbouring countries before being sold in local markets in the east coast Semporna district.

Customs officers found over a million cigarette sticks worth more than RM680,000 at the house in Kampung Kubang Jaya during a raid on Nov 24 following public tip-offs.