A police roadblock led to the seizure of 227,500 boxes of illegal cigarettes worth about RM1.1 million yesterday.
Senior Assistant Commissioner Abdullah Mohamad Piah said police had mounted a roadblock in Laloh and stopped two lorries about 6.15am.
He said upon checking, policemen found 227,500 boxes of Saat brand cigarettes.
The contraband, he said, were believed to have avoided Customs taxes and was understood to have originated from a southern state.
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