KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized boxes of white cigarettes believed to be tax-free worth RM145,650.
Acting upon an intelligence tip, a team from the 12th Battalion in Miri conducted an ‘Ops Kontraban’ raid at a location around Jalan Batu Niah on May 18 at 2 pm.
A police officer led the team which met a local man who admitted to the police that he was guarding a container.
“The team inspected the location and the container and found boxes of white cigarettes stored in the container.
“The subject was unable to show a valid ownership document on a number of items that were believed to cigarettes that had not yet taxed,” it said.
There were 971 cartons of white cigarettes worth RM145,650 in the container.
The man and the items were handed over to the Crime Investigation Division in Miri and the case is being investigated under section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967.
