Not to be sniffed at: Customs seizes 17.5 tonnes of snuff tobacco in Klang


KLANG: The Customs Department has seized over 17.5 tonnes of snuff tobacco worth RM14.29mil, including unpaid duties, brought into Malaysia illegally.

Customs Central Zone assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said they detected a suspicious shipping container at North Port in Port Klang on March 18.

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