The Customs Department has foiled 15 attempts to smuggle out 786,800 sticks of white cigarettes of various brands, worth RM527,124 at the Free Commercial Zone (FCZ) of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), throughout last month.

Customs Central Zone assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said one of the smuggling tactics was to place the cigarettes in boxes or packages and...