Esscom seizes RM4.1mil worth of smuggled cigarettes seized during Lahad Datu raid


The boxes of cigarettes seized by Esscom in Lahad Datu.

KOTA KINABALU: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) has succeeded in seizing RM4.1mil worth of smuggled cigarettes of various brands during a raid in Lahad Datu on Thursday (March 14).

Esscom commander Deputy Commissioner Datuk Victor Sanjos in a statement here on Friday (March 15), said the operation at an unnumbered building in Jalan Tamoi Baru, Lahad Datu, was done based on public tip-off on suspected smuggling activity.

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