IPOH, Perak Customs (JKDM) arrested 17 people including two women and seized contraband cigarettes, liquor and petrol estimated at RM639,579 in three separate raids in the state.
Its director Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mohamad said his raiding party confiscated 387,788 cigarettes and 2,273.53 litres of liquor with an estimated value including tax totalling RM410,008.
“From operations carried out throughout August and September around the state, we have succeeded in confiscating contraband cigarettes and liquor of various brands.
“A total of 13 men and one woman were arrested during the operation. The modus operandi carried out was to own and sell cigarettes and liquor that do not have tax duty on business premises,” he said in a statement today.
In a separate case, he said they arrested two men and seized 3.3 kilogrammes of drugs worth RM13,331 at two post offices in Ipoh suspected of being distribution points to customers.
Meanwhile, he said they also arrested a woman who tried to smuggle petrol worth RM210 at
the Immigration, Customs and Quarantine (ICQ) Complex in Bukit Berapit, Pengkalan Hulu on Sept 18.
He said the woman was arrested for trying to smuggle subsidised petrol into a neighbouring country with a modified petrol tank.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency