Customs Officer suspended in relation to illegal importing of cigarettes

Maldives Customs Service has said today that a Customs officer was suspended in relation to the case of Illegally importing cigarettes.

In today's meeting of the Parliament's Committee on Security Services (241 Committee), Commissioner General of Customs Yoosuf Maniu Mohamed said that in addition to the recent incident of trying to bring in a container of cigarettes, an attempt was also made to bring in cigarettes illegally through air cargo.