Fadley Faisal
The Magistrate’s Court on Thursday ordered a local and a permanent resident to settle BND73,500 in fines for possessing smuggled cigarettes and liquor.
Local Mat Said bin Mohd Salleh, 39, and permanent resident Azreen binti Mahmud, 29, would each have to serve 20 months’ jail in default of payment of the fine.
Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid heard from the Customs prosecutor that the defendants were found by Customs preventive officers with 94 cartons and 12 packets of cigarettes, along with 29 bottles of liquor, at a barrack in Jalan Singa Menteri, Kuala Belait at 8.42pm on December 16, 2020.
