Customs seizes cigarettes worth over RM500,000 at KLIA

SEPANG: The Customs Department has seized over half a million ringgit worth of contraband cigarettes meant to be smuggled out of the country.

Customs Department assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said last month, its personnel at the Customs Unit III, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), detected 15 attempts to smuggle out contraband cigarettes to a country in the Oceania region.