Brunei Customs works to stub out smuggling activities


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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): The Royal Customs and Excise Department (RCED) through its Law Enforcement Division raided homes in Jalan Beribi and Jalan Jaya Negara in Belait District as well as on stalls in Kampong Mata-Mata in Gadong, where they discovered a massive volume of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the Sultanate.

In the first operation on June 14, enforcement personnel targetted two houses in Jalan Beribi. Four foreign men aged 22 to 54 were detained for the alleged possession of contraband comprising two cartons, 19 packets and 19 sticks of cigarettes.

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