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Four separate operations mounted by the Royal Customs and Excise Department (RCED) personnel resulted in 17 suspects being detained and the seizing of a sizeable volume of assorted contraband.

The team targetting two houses at Jalan Jaya Negara in Belait District on June 7 apprehended five foreign men and one permanent resident, between the ages of 21 and 62, for allegedly possessing five cartons, eight packets and 28 sticks of cigarettes.

More details on Monday’s Borneo Bulletin