The head of the Kudus Customs and Excise Office, Moch Arif Setijo Noegroho (center), accompanied by staff, gives a statement before the destruction of illegal cigarettes at the Kudus Customs and Excise Office, Kudus, Central Java, Wednesday (21/2/2024) . The Kudus Customs and Excise Office destroyed more than 6 million illegal cigarettes of various brands worth IDR 7.69 billion, consisting of 6,419,934 cigarettes of kretek machine-made (SKM) cigarettes and 2,384 cigarettes of kretek hand-rolled (SKT) cigarettes, as well as support equipment for the production of illegal cigarettes consisting of 48 kilograms of labels, a printer and four heating equipment resulting from the application of excise duties for the period June 2022-September 2023. MidLand PHOTO/ Yusuf Nugroho/wpa.