Sabah Customs seizes smuggled alcohol worth over RM1.9mil at Sepanggar Port

Sabah Customs assistant director-general Datuk Mohd Nasir Deraman (second left) showing the contrabands seized from five attempts to smuggle in liquor into the state.

KOTA KINABALU: The Customs Department thwarted five attempts to smuggle liquor worth over RM1.9mil including taxes at the Sepanggar Port here recently.

Sabah Customs assistant director-general Datuk Mohd Nasir Deraman said all the contraband goods were detected through monitoring by the Sepanggar Port Import-Export Branch and the city Enforcement Operations Unit.