KLANG: A total of 12 million white cigarettes with an estimated value and duty amounting to RM9.3mil was seized by the Customs Department following the detention of two containers in Port Klang on Dec 14 and Dec 29 last year.
Its Central Zone assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said the syndicates’ modus operandi involved falsely declaring the goods to avoid detection by Customs officials.
“Both containers are believed to be from China, with Malaysia being the final destination,” she said here yesterday, Bernama reported.
Separately, Norlela said the Customs Department Central Zone enforcement team detained four containers at the same port from Dec 20, 2023, to Jan 4, 2024, and seized 6,365 litres of liquor with an estimated duty value of RM1.06mil.
She said all the containers carrying mixed merchandise from China were scanned using a scanning machine, which revealed images that were inconsistent with the stated merchandise descriptions.
She said the cases are being investigated under the Customs Act 1967.
