Contraband smokes worth RM4.5mil seized in Customs ops at KLIA, Port Klang

Norlela (third from right) and her team with some of the seized contraband at the press conference on Nov 13. – BERNAMApic

SEPANG: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department says it seized 5.82 million contraband cigarettes worth RM4.48mil in five operations in September and October.

Customs Central Zone assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said three of the operations took place in the Free Commercial Zone (FCZ) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), while the other two operations were conducted at West Port and a warehouse in Selat Klang Utama, Port Klang, Selangor.