KOTA BHARU, July 9 — The General Operations Force (GOF) Southeast Brigade seized contraband cigarettes valued at RM2.12 million during three separate raids conducted under Op Taring Alpha 1 in Tumpat from Sunday (July 6) to yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) seized goods worth more than RM10 million in an integrated operation to combat the smuggling of cigarettes and liquor in Kuching, Sarawak, yesterday.

BUTTERWORTH, July 2 — The Penang Customs Department detained two men and crippled a smuggling syndicate, seizing various cigarettes as well as alcoholic beverages worth RM2.67 million in separate raids in the state recently.

SIBU, June 17 — The Sarawak Region Five Marine Police Force (PPM) foiled an attempt to smuggle untaxed cigarettes and liquor worth RM5.05 million in an operation near Jalan KM16 Sibu-Bintulu on Sunday (June 15).

KUCHING, May 27 — The Sarawak Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) detained 16 men and seized more than RM6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and alcohol in coordinated raids across the state on May 22, as part of ‘Op Taring Alpha’.

KUCHING, May 27 — The Sarawak Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) detained 16 men and seized more than RM6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and alcohol in coordinated raids across the state on May 22, as part of ‘Op Taring Alpha’.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The police have uncovered illegal storage and distribution of fireworks, firecrackers and contraband cigarettes in two separate raids in Selangor, with total seizures exceeding RM45 million.

KOTA BHARU, Jan 26 — Kelantan Customs Department officers were forced to fire three shots at a one-tonne lorry to thwart a cigarette smuggling operation in Kampung Mat Kancil, Pasir Mas, on Thursday (January 23).

BUTTERWORTH, Jan 15 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized 4.5 million white cigarettes with unpaid tax worth RM5.84 million found hidden in a container laden with used clothing on December 26 last year.

DENGKIL, Nov 19 — The Customs Department confiscated 8.39 million sticks of contraband white cigarettes worth RM6.38 million in an operation carried out at West Port in Port Klang on Tuesday (November 12).

KUCHING, Nov 1 — The Sarawak Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) foiled an attempt to smuggle cigarettes and liquor declared as frozen shrimp after intercepting the shipment on the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway last Tuesday (October 22).

BUTTERWORTH, Oct 30 — A syndicate's ruse of using a hidden room in a house in Permatang Pauh to store nearly two million sticks of smuggled white cigarettes and kretek was uncovered by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department.

KLANG, Aug 23 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized 114.26 million sticks of white cigarettes worth RM76.26 million including duties after detaining 11 containers at North Port and West Port in Port Klang on July 23 and August 12.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has launched 36 investigations and detained 35 traders, both local and foreign, suspected of selling smuggled cigarettes and liquor during Op Royal, which began on August 12 in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has seized 16 luxury vehicles and 1.2 million sticks of contraband cigarettes worth over RM4.5 million in two raids in the Federal capital and in Pahang recently.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department busted a syndicate smuggling in alcoholic beverages declared as vegetables with the seizure of two containers at North Port in Klang on June 13.

MELAKA, May 30 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department of Melaka recently thwarted two smuggling activities involving liquor and cigarettes valued at nearly RM12.8 million, including taxes around Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has managed to foil attempts to smuggle alcohol and cigarettes through two recent inspections at Port Klang.

ISKANDAR PUTERI, March 20 — The Johor Customs Department seized an estimated RM20.1 million in cigarettes and alcohol, inclusive of duties and taxes, during inspections at the Tanjung Pelepas Port Customs Checkpoint in Gelang Patah, in January and earlier this month.

PUTRAJAYA, March 20 — Ten civil servants, including a woman, have been remanded for four days starting today on suspicion of accepting over RM3 million in bribes from a tobacco, cigarette, and alcohol smuggling syndicate.