TAPAH: A total of 23,800 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized from four lorries at Km318.7 on the North-South (PLUS) Expressway northbound, near here, yesterday afternoon.

Tapah district police chief Supt Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said the cigarettes of the Manchester United Kingdom brand were valued at RM2.8 million and four lorry drivers, aged 26 to 39, were also detained in the 4.40pm raid.