Sabah: Major smuggling syndicate crippled December 28, 2020 Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said one of the syndicates, had been crippled last week. Advertisement He said the smuggling racket from Labuan had evolved gradually and become a serious issue. “The syndicates smuggled cigarettes, alcoholic drinks and chicken wings from the duty-free-island here to the mainland. “The cigarettes and alcoholic drinks smuggled to the mainland of Sabah are for the market in the rural areas. It is a matter of time before we get the masterminds,” he said at a press conference here today. With the new government’s ruling coming into effect on Jan 1, 2021, cigarettes will be subjected to taxes at all duty-free islands or duty-free zones.