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Some 8-year-olds have resorted to smoking

GEORGE TOWN: It appears to have become the norm for some eight-year-olds in the country to have taken up smoking. According to the Penang Consumer Association (CAP) Education officer NV Subbarrow, this was found out as result of a survey conducted by the CAP on cigarette use among youth. He said the survey also found that […]

Thanks to a decisive quit

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.  –MARK TWAIN, AMERICAN WRITER, HUMOURIST AND LECTURER Perhaps it was a good thing that I had the willpower to quit smoking decades ago. […]

Contraband cigarettes worth over RM40k seized

MIRI: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 (PPM) seized contraband cigarettes worth RM48,188 from two premises yesterday. According to Miri OCPD ACP Lim Meng Seah, an operation codenamed ‘Ops Landai’ was held at a night market in Kuala Suai, Batu Niah. In the first raid carried out around 12.15am, the team found a total of […]

Bid to smuggle 3.56 million cigarettes foiled

KUCHING: Sarawak Customs struck gold once again in their mission against smugglers, this time confiscating a container full of contraband cigarettes. In a statement, state Customs director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha said officers had been monitoring a 20-foot container that was placed on the roadside in front of a private jetty in Bintawa near […]

Customs seize contrabands worth RM33K

MIRI: The Miri district Customs Department on Thursday confiscated 84,464 sticks of cigarettes and 1,452.71 litres of beer valued at RM33,903.19 with unpaid duties worth at RM92,409.60 in two separate raids held in Batu Niah. The first raid was carried out in a bistro while the second on a stationary van parked nearby the bistro, […]

RM1.7m worth of cigarettes, liquor seized

SIBU: Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sibu has confiscated RM1.7 million worth of contraband cigarettes and liquor including illegal firecrackers at Sibu-Stapang road on Tuesday. During the raid, conducted between 9.50pm and 10.30pm, the Customs Enforcement Division detained two separate trucks and seized the untaxed items at two separate locations. State Customs director Datuk Sharifah […]

Canteen raided for uncustomed fags

MIRI: The Customs Department in this district on Tuesday confiscated 37,160 sticks of cigarettes valued at RM3,344.40 with unpaid duties at RM27,230.85 during a raid on Taniku Estate canteen in Kuala Baram. During the raid, the team also detained a man to assist in their investigation.  The team carried out a check on the premises […]

Contraband cigs, liquors worth RM13, 985 seized

BINTULU: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Bintulu on Monday seized contraband cigarettes and liquors valued at RM13, 985 with unpaid duties worth about RM132, 218.75 from premises near Jalan Sibiyu.  According to Sarawak Customs Director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha, the raid was conducted by   members of the Bintulu Customs Enforcement Division. “Initial examination […]