KOTA BHARU, Oct 25- An attempt to smuggle in white cigarettes in Kelantan has been thwarted.

In the operation, 300,000 sticks of white cigarettes worth RM330,000 were seized near Pos Rela, Pasir Mas.

General Operations Force Southeast Brigade Commander, Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid said the cigarettes were confiscated yesterday during the Op Taring Wawasan Kelantan patrol.

The stash were kept in brown boxes hidden at an illegal base.

They were believed to be for sale in villages and plantations with many foreign workers.