Makassar, Aug. 14 -- The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of South Sulawesi and the South Sulawesi Regional Police confiscated 414 thousand cigarettes, some bearing counterfeit excise stamps, from a logistics warehouse in Makassar city.

"The total estimated value of the seized goods is Rp609.4 million, with a potential loss of more than Rp397.1 million in state revenue," head of the Makassar Customs Office, Ade Irawan, said in a written statement released on Thursday.

The illegal excise goods (BKC) consisted of 384 thousand Rocker Bold brand machine-rolled kretek cigarettes (SKM) with counterfeit excise stamps and 26,400 Smith Bold brand SKM cigarettes without excise stamps.

The products were seized after a truck raised...