Kulim: The 2nd Battalion General Operations Force (GOF) in Kulim, Kedah, has successfully seized 6,100 cartons of various brands of illicit cigarettes worth more than RM2 million (RM2,014,600).

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Ulu Kinta GOF Northern Brigade Commander SAC Shahrum Hashim stated that the enforcement operation was carried out at Kilometre 139.9 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) northbound near the Penang Bridge interchange exit.

"The results of an investigation found that the supply of cigarettes was brought from the south of the country to be distributed to the northern state market," Shahrum explained. He further mentioned that the Battalion 2 GOF Intelligence Branch had successfully tracked the movement and modus operandi of the activities involved in transporting the cigarette load before distributing them to traders over the past month.

Shahrum added that the case is being investigated under Section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967 and is subject to penalties under Section 135 (1)(v)(aa) of the same act.