Smugglers aim for the sky

Not going anywhere: Norlela (centre, right) and other Customs officers showing some of the contraband cigarettes and chewing tobacco seized at the KLIA Free Commercial Zone. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/ The Star

SEPANG: Smugglers are now using air freight services to send contraband cigarettes to clients abroad.

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