RM4bil taxes lost to illicit cigs


Nosing about: Matrang (second from left) and Dr Yeo (in white short sleeves) watching a demonstration by the K9 unit of the Sabah Customs Department, during the launch of Ops Pacak 2016 at the Kota Kinabalu City Hall building compound.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah and Sarawak rank among the states with the highest number of contraband cigarette sales in the country.

In Sabah alone, the Customs Department seized RM613,997.36 worth of illicit cigarettes in the first two months of the year, said its deputy director-general (enforcement and

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