RM50,000 contraband fags seized
Published on: Friday, July 12, 2019
By: Lagatah Toyos
TAWAU: The General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion 14 seized 7, 860 boxes of contraband cigarettes, including salak tobacco, amounting to RM50,501.20 during a Strike Force Road Check Point in Kalabakan, here, Thursday.
The contraband were found inside a Perdana V6 driven in high speed by a suspect who managed to escape after abandoning the car in the 4.30am incident.
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GOF Battalion 14 Commanding Officer, Supt Mustapha Othman said the seizure was led by a team from the GOF ‘Kompeni B’ team led by Insp Karmjit Singh Arter Singh.
He said the team was initially carrying out inspections and surveillance along the stretch behind RCP Kalabakan, when they spotted the black car in high speed.
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