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Contraband worth over RM860k seized in raids

KUCHING: Marine police seized contraband beers, 12,000 litres of diesel and vehicles worth over RM860,000 at separate locations over the weekend. Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali said two men and a woman were arrested in the operations, held in Betong and Bintulu. The first operations took place at a premises […]

Ops Kontraban nets RM1.37 mln worth of uncustomed goods

KUCHING: Marine police seized contraband cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and fireworks worth RM1.37 million in raids at separate locations last Thursday (Aug 5). Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali said two men were arrested in the operations codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’, held in Sri Aman and Limbang. The first operation took place around […]

RM13.3 mln worth of contrabands seized

SIBU: Customs officials have seized illicit cigarettes and alcoholic beverages with unpaid duties and taxes valued over RM13.3 million at the banks of Sungai Rajang on July 20. The contrabands worth approximately RM2.5 million were found inside 27 shipping containers after Sibu Customs enforcement officers detained a ship moored to the banks behind a premises […]

Miri GOF scores big in contraband fight

MIRI: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband liquor and cigarettes worth RM4,002,400 in three separate raids on Monday (July 26). Commander SAC Saini Bongkek told the media on Tuesday (July 27) at Batalion 12 Miri GOF HQ that three premises around the city were raided in ‘Ops Kontraban’ from 11am to 1pm. Three […]

Over RM670k worth of contraband seized in operations

KUCHING: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes and liquor worth more than RM670,000 last Saturday (June 26). In the operations codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ around 12.30pm, an enforcement team from GOF Intelligence Branch and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) carried out a raid on a premises in Kuching. Newly appointed GOF Brigade commander SAC […]

Contraband worth over RM900k seized

MIRI: Alcohol and cigarettes with an unpaid duty of RM908,026 were seized by the Customs Department from a lorry in Jalan Sepupok, Batu Niah, on June 16 around 4pm. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said during the operations, enforcement officers had tailed a lorry laden with the contraband after spotting the suspicious vehicle. “520,600 […]

Customs seizes truck-load of contraband beer

SIBU: Customs officials seized 9,345.60 litres of contraband beer from a cargo truck by the roadside at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman here during an operation recently. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the operation was carried out around 1.30pm by its enforcement unit from Sibu. “The team stopped a truck for inspection and found […]

Marine police score state’s biggest contraband seizure

SIBU: Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 based here confiscated more than RM30.14 million worth of contraband items to score the biggest seizure of such items in the state so far this year. Police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said today the successful breakthrough was made on March 12 at Tanjung Kunyit here where six Indonesians including a woman aged between 22 and 39 were […]

RM316,818 contraband fags, alcoholic drinks seized

LIMBANG: Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 Limbang seized contraband cigarettes and alcoholic beverages worth RM316,818 with unpaid taxes and Customs duties  from a premises in Kampung Bidang Darat near here during a raid  on Tuesday. Commander of the region, ACP Shamsol Kassim said a 34-year-old local man was also arrested during the integrated operation together […]

Over RM4 million worth of contrabands seized

SIBU: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized illicit cigarettes worth over RM4 million in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Kontraban’ here last Thursday. GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata revealed that the GOF 10th Battalion Intelligence Unit carried out the raid on a premises at Jalan Hulu Lanang around 11.45am. “The team inspected the premises […]