The seized contraband. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): The Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) foiled an attempt to smuggle a massive amount of cigarettes into the country on Thursday.
Police officers, special duty personnel and patrol personnel of Bangar Police Station under Temburong District carried out a surveillance from Pekan Bangar to the end of Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Bridge, the RBPF said in a statement on Sunday.
Around 4.20am, a suspicious looking vehicle was ordered to stop at a road block.
The driver did not stop and crashed into two police patrol vehicles and a personal vehicle of a special duty police personnel before escaping the vicinity.
The police chased the vehicle and found it abandoned at the junction of Mangrove Paradise Resort in Kampong Serdang.
The driver managed to escape. RBPF personnel checked the vehicle and found several boxes containing contraband. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
The packages smuggled in the vehicle. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
