Sabah cops seize contraband ciggies worth RM250,000 in Penampang


The boxes containing contraband cigarettes found in the house.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police believe they have crippled a smuggling ring with the seizure of illicit cigarettes worth some RM250,000 at a house in Penampang near here.

A team from the Sabah Criminal Investigation Department (CID) special investigation (D9) unit also detained two men at the house in Taman Oriental.

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Smuggling , Contraband Cigarettes , Penampang , D9

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