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Police have arrested five men and confiscated RM13 million worth of smuggled goods including alcohol, cigarettes and craft beer imported from China in coordinated raids across the Klang Valley.
Royal Malaysian Police have dismantled a major contraband operation in Selangor, seizing vaping devices and illegal cigarettes totalling RM15.5 million across coordinated enforcement actions last month.
Authorities at Tuas Checkpoint apprehended a 34-year-old woman attempting to transport 400 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes into Singapore concealed on her motorcycle.
Melaka police have arrested two individuals suspected of plotting to use an unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver prohibited tobacco products into Sungai Udang Prison, in what authorities are investigating as an organised supply operation.
Security forces have arrested two individuals after intercepting an estimated 100 boxes of suspected illegal liquor during a transfer operation, according to General Operations Force Battalion 4 commanding officer Amanjit Singh.