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Illegal cigarettes worth $728,000 seized 

Jump to full article: Straits Times (sg), 2000-08-13

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Customs officers in Kuala Lumpur they foiled an attempt to smuggle 2.94 tonnes of imported cigarettes worth RM1.6 million (S$728,000) on Friday.

The Sun reported that the cigarettes were hidden under a layer of plastic air pillows and arrived at Port Klang last Wednesday in large containers, and were declared as pillows.

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