Military patrol foils cross-border beer smuggling
BA’KELALAN: An evening joint patrol involving the Malaysia Armed Forces and the Indonesian National Army yesterday (Apr 14) resulted in the seizure of eight cartons containing assorted beers that were left unattended. The Eastern Field Army Command Headquarters said the incident happened around 6 pm in Kampung Punang Kelalan, about 500 metres from the Malaysia-Indonesia […]
Brothers arrested for theft of supermarket beer
MIRI: Two brothers were arrested by the police on suspicion of involvement in stealing beer from a supermarket last Monday (Aug 2). The men aged 34 and 44 were arrested in a house at Jalan Airport around 12.30pm today (Aug 6). Background checks revealed that the suspects are wanted individuals as one of them had […]
Fags, beer smuggling thwarted
MUKAH: A man’s bid to smuggle in various types of duty-not-paid cigarettes and beer was foiled by roadblock authorities at Jebungan junction, Jalan Mukah-Balingan on Saturday (July 3). Mukah district police chief DSP Mohamad Rizal Alias said a suspicious looking four-wheel drive vehicle, heading towards Mukah from Kingwood Resort, was detained at 5.20pm. “A total […]
Cargo truck with 150 cartons of beers seized
MUKAH: Police here seized a cargo truck containing 150 cartons of various beer brands during an operation at the Jebungan junction, Jalan Mukah-Balingian last Sunday (May 23). District police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the operation, codenamed “Ops Integrated Crime Prevention”, was carried out around 12.15 am when a police team spotted a cargo […]
Illicit beer worth RM79k seized
SRI AMAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband alcoholic beverages, namely beer of various brands worth more than RM79,000 in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Libas’ last Thursday. A GOF spokesperson said acting on information the GOF 10th Battalion carried out the raid on one premises in the town centre here around 9.30am. During the […]
Contraband beers worth RM75,000 seized
SRI AMAN: Several boxes of contraband beer worth more than RM75,000 were seized by Sarawak Marine Police during a raid at Taman Srijaya last Monday (Dec 21). A caretaker of the premises was also detained after he failed to produce any legal documents for the good. Sarawak Marine Police Regional Five commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said […]
Contraband beer, van seized in raid
KUCHING: Three hundred and five boxes of contraband beer worth RM45,750 were seized during a raid on a house at Sample Park, Jalan Tun Hussein Onn, Bintulu last Saturday (Sept 12). According to a statement on Monday (Sept 14), the 1pm raid, dubbed Ops Libas, was conducted by Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) and the […]
Contraband beer, truck seized in raid
KUCHING: Police seized 2,880 cans of contraband beer from a truck during a spot check at the Mile 7 traffic light junction at Jalan Stakan yesterday. Padawan district police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid was conducted by three patrol officers of the Kota Sentosa Police Station after receiving the report around 11.30am. “They […]
Customs seize contrabands worth RM33K
MIRI: The Miri district Customs Department on Thursday confiscated 84,464 sticks of cigarettes and 1,452.71 litres of beer valued at RM33,903.19 with unpaid duties worth at RM92,409.60 in two separate raids held in Batu Niah. The first raid was carried out in a bistro while the second on a stationary van parked nearby the bistro, […]
Liquor worth almost RM21,000 seized
KUCHING: A total of 4,878.72 litres of liquor were seized in a raid last Saturday. The estimated value was RM20,972.76 and the estimated Customs duty was RM75,886.91. The Customs Department through its local enforcement division in cooperation with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) raided a locked premises suspected of storing illegal liquor in Jalan Kuap. […]
