Smuggler detained for possessing RM320,00 worth of smuggled cigarettes

TUMPAT: A man was arrested for possessing 180,000 sticks of smuggled cigarettes worth more than RM320,000 here recently.

The man was travelling in a car when he was detained in Kaon on Sunday.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the man was nabbed by members of the General Operations Force (GOF) who were conducting routine operations in the area.

"The GOF members of the Seventh Battalion were passing the Jeram Perdah area at about 6.30pm on Sunday when they spotted the man, who was driving a Toyota Wish, acting suspiciously.

"Seeing the GOF team, the motorist sped-off towards Tumpat. The 36-year-old was detained after a short chase," he said in a statement.

Zaki said upon checking the car, the GOF members found several boxes containing various types of smuggled cigarettes.

On another matter in Tanah Merah, he said the same battalion nabbed a 42-year-old man suspected to be a smuggler and seized rice worth about RM128,000.

He said the man was detained at a sawmill in Kampung Bechah Tok Kat on Sunday.

Zaki said a lorry was also seized in the 8pm operation.