Customs Dept foils bid to smuggle contraband booze, cigs worth RM5mil


Negri Sembilan Customs director Muhammad Ilyas Queek Abdullah (middle) and his men showing some of the contraband that was seized in the three operations.

SEREMBAN: The Customs Department has foiled attempts to smuggle in and distribute contraband beers and cigarettes worth some RM5mil in three operations in Selangor, says its Negri Sembilan chief Muhammad Ilyas Queek Abdullah.

Muhammad Ilyas said in the first operation, his men had inspected a truck at a residential area in Jenjarom and found 5,280 of 500ml beer cans inside.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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