Esscom seizes 920 packets of contraband cigs left at Tawau riverside


Esscom personnel with the contraband cigarettes kept inside black plastic bags, which they found at the riverside of Sungai Tawau Lama, Tawau on Wednesday. - Pic courtesy of Esscom

KOTA KINABALU: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) confiscated 920 packets of contraband cigarettes in Tawau district on Wednesday (May 19).

An Esscom team on patrol discovered the items inside several black plastic bags left at the riverside of Sungai Tawau Lama at around 2.07pm.

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