SEREMBAN: The Customs Department believes it has crippled the distribution network of a syndicate involved in smuggling illicit cigarettes following the seizure of almost 9,000 cartons of the contraband and 15 vehicles in an operation in Klang.
Negri Semblian Customs chief Mohammad Hafiz Ishak said his officers had carried out an operation in an oil palm estate in Kg Air Hitam on Feb 22 where they found a lorry and 14 vehicles of various models in a secluded area.
"The contraband and the vehicles, some of which were brand new, were subsequently seized," he told reporters at the state Customs office here. He said the syndicate's modus operandi was to transport the illicit cigarettes to a secluded area and then distribute it to buyers."Some of these brands cost only RM5 a packet while the average price in the market is about RM17," he said."We know who the owners are and expect to make some arrests soon," he said.Syndicates would use the gadget so that raiding teams would not be able to communicate with one another within a certain radius.
To another question, he said the illegal cigarettes were believed to have been brought in from a neighbouring country.
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