SEREMBAN: Smuggled cigarettes with unpaid duties totalling almost RM4.5mil were seized along the North-South Expressway (NSE) in separate operations on the same day.
Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 02:45 PM MYT
BY BEN TAN
Cigarettes seized by the Royal Malaysian Customs are pictured in Perai July 29, 2020. ― Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
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PUTRAJAYA, April 22 Four Customs Department officers have been charged in the Sessions Court here with releasing two containers filled with illicit cigarettes from the Pasir Gudang Port late last year.
However, all four accused, attached with the Negri Sembilan Customs Department, claimed trial to two separate charges.
Muhammad Faizulhidi Abd Manan, 33, Nazril Md Yusoof, 41, Mohd Zaufan Mohd Yusof, 42, and Muhammad Najib Mohd Roby, 34, pleaded not guilty to two charges against them in front of two different judges.