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Kota Kinabalu authorities seized over RM2 million worth of smuggled goods, including 3,008,200 packets of various brand cigarettes, 2,910.64 liters of strong liquor, 221 units of electrical appliances, and a machine for wrapping cigarettes, according to Negeri Sembilan's Director of Customs Jamal Paiman. The raids took place on October 26, with two separate operations on the same day, both involving the seizure of significant amounts of contraband.

The first operation involved the arrest of a Daihatsu van in Kuala Lumpur's Taman Sejahtera, where customs investigators found 10,000 hooks along with 200,000 packets of prohibited cigarettes, valued at RM36,000 and subject to customs duty of RM138,000. Jamal Paiman stated that a local man, aged 42, was detained to assist in the investigation of this case.

The second operation took place at a premises in the same area in the evening of October 26, where customs officials discovered 1,370 bottles of various types of strong liquor, 4,824 bottles of arrack, 244 boxes containing 2,808,200 packets of various brand cigarettes, and 221 units of electrical appliances. All of these items were seized under Section 114 of the Customs Act 1967, and the case is being investigated under Section 135(1)(d) and Section 135(1)(e) of the same Act.