PASIR GUDANG: More than 400 boxes of contraband cigarettes worth RM4,660 have been seized following checks on traders at Jalan Pekeliling here.
Seri Alam OCPD Supt Sohaimi Ishak said that a group of auxiliary policemen from a company conducted checks on traders operating at its car park at about 7.05am on Saturday .
"Following checks, they found a total of 469 boxes of cigarettes believed to be untaxed. Also arrested was a foreign woman in her 60s. Based on checks, she has no criminal record. "The suspect has been remanded for seven days, starting from April 9 under Section 116 C of the Customs Act 1976," he said in a statement on Sunday .
He added that the case is being investigated under Section 135 of the Customs Act 1967 for being in possession of illicit cigarettes. If convicted, she faces a fine of up to 20 times the value of the contraband cigarettes, or a maximum of RM500,000 , or jail of up to five years, or both.
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