Fadley Faisal
The Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered a local man to settle BND5,500 in fines for the possession of smuggled cigarettes.
Twenty-year-old Aznankheen Song bin Muhamad Azlan will have to serve five months’ jail in default of payment after he pleaded guilty to possession of six cartons and eight packets of cigarettes in a variety of brands.
The Customs prosecutor informed Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid that the defendant was found in possession of the cigarettes at a house in Jalan Teripas, RPN Panaga Seria at 4.38pm on December 27, 2021 during an inspection by customs preventive officers.
