| Fadley Faisal |

THE Magistrate’s Court yesterday slapped two local men with BND804,800 in fines for possessing a huge stash of smuggled cigarettes.

Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid ordered 30-year-old Mohammad Hafiz bin Tanjong to settle BND473,600, or serve two years’ imprisonment in default, and 34-year-old Mohammad Redzuan bin Haron @ Harun to settle BND331,200, or serve two years’ jail in default.

The Customs Prosecutor informed court that Mohammad Hafiz had in possession 11 boxes of smuggled cigarettes – consisting 640 cartons – while Mohammad Redzuan had in possession eight boxes of smuggled cigarettes containing 430 cartons.

The contraband was discovered during a search conducted on a car at a house in Perpindahan Kg Mentiri at 11.55pm on July 29.