29 November 2024
By The Star
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Magistrate’s Court fined a 49-year-old local man BND5,000 on Thursday (Nov 28) after pleading guilty to possession of smuggled cigarettes.
Mohamad Yusdi Sofiedon Mohamad Yusof admitted to the offence before Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati Abdul Hamid. The defendant faces five months’ imprisonment in default of payment.
The prosecution revealed that customs enforcement officers from the Belait branch, acting on intelligence, conducted a search at the Panaga Small Power Station’s security post on Sept 5, 2023.