Four fined over contraband fags

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KOTA KINABALU: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fined four people charged on separate charges of possessing contraband cigarettes.

In the first case, deputy registrar Amir Shah Amir Hassan, who presided as Magistrate, fined Namair Khan, a Pakistani, RM880, in default one month’s jail for possessing ten boxes of Era Menthol 20s and another ten boxes of Era Premium 20s.

He committed the offence on September 19, this year at Kedai Runcit Ikran Ullah Enterprise, Lintas Plaza.

The charge under Section 135 (1) (d) of the Customs Act carries a minimum penalty of ten times the amount of the customs duty or RM50,000, depending on which is the lesser amount, or up to three years jail, or both, upon conviction.

In the second to fourth cases, the same court fined Irfan Ullah Sahib Ul-Haq, RM1,768, in default two months jail, Asmah Silin, RM2,500, in default two months jail and Abd Ghani Gul Mohd, RM3,000, in default three months’ jail under the same section and same Act.

The trio had committed their offences on January 13, 2012, August 24, 2012 and September 5, this year at sundry stores in Sembulan, Menggatal and Penampang, respectively.

Meanwhile, the court fixed February 27 – 28, 2014 for Fazir Karim Awan Dal who claimed trial to a charge for possessing contraband cigarettes under the same section and same Act.

He allegedly committed the offence on June 17, 2011 at a sundry store in Menggatal.

The court released Fazir on a bail of RM3,000 with two local sureties.