Cook In The Soup Over Whisky And Cigarettes
By Hj Ahmed Shaheeb & Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - A cook was fined $2,770 or one-month imprisonment by the Bandar Magistrate's Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to having in his possession several bottles of uncustomed alcoholic drinks and more than 100 packets of cigarettes.

Fifty-one-year-old Malaysian Tey Kim Say was deemed to have committed an offence under section 146(1)(d) of the Excise Order 2006 punishable under section 146(1)(i) of the same order for being in possession of three bottles of Scotch whisky, six bottles of white wine, 41 packets of 'Era' cigarettes, 98 packets of `Gudang Garam' cigarettes and 14 packets of `Djarum Super' when the Customs Preventive Personnel raided a canteen at a school construction site in Kampong Meraggang on May 3 this year.

Customs personnel who were acting on a tip-off detained the man and brought him to the Royal Customs and Excise Department for investigation. The items were seized.

According to the Royal Customs and Excise Department prosecutor, the defendant admitted that the liquor, estimated to be worth $385.30, was sent by two suppliers and was to be sold at the canteen to the workers only.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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