SANDAKAN: The Marine Operations Force (MOF) here confiscated 243 packets of contraband cigarettes worth RM28,548 at the river area of Mile 3, Kampung Mangkalinau here the other day.
Its Regional 4 commander, ACP Mohamad Bin Madun, said the seizure was made during the ‘Pensura Operation’ around 3.45am when a MOF patrol team saw several persons transferring black plastic bags from a boat onto a jetty.
When the MOF team went nearer, all the men fled. Upon inspection, they found 93 packets of Green Astro and 150 packets of Red Astro believed to have been smuggled into Sandakan from a neighboring country.
The case will be investigated under Section 135 (1) (d) of the Customs Act. All the confiscated items were handed over to the Customs Department.
