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Raid nets drugs, contrabands

MIRI: Various types of drugs weighing about 3kg and contraband beer were confiscated from an entertainment outlet at Centre Point Commercial Centre here on Friday night. In the 11pm raid, a team from the Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) also apprehended two individuals to assist in investigations. One of the suspects detained is the premises’ […]

RM300,000 contraband fags, liquors seized

KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes and alcoholic beverages worth more than RM300,000 last Sunday. In the morning operation dubbed ‘Ops Libas’ around 7.45am, a team from GOF Sarawak Brigade headquarters carried out a raid around Kampung Sudat. GOF Sarawak Brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said the team found five locals aged […]

Contraband alcohol, cigarettes seized

MIRI: General Operations Force (GOF) 12th Battalion seized contraband alcohol and cigarettes worth RM434,083.40 in two separate raids in Senadin here during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Libas’. In a statement on Wednesday (Feb 17), GOF 12th Battalion commanding officer Supt Tan Hiap Seng said during Tuesday’s (Feb 16) raids on two houses, a local man […]

1.2 million sticks of contraband fags seized

SARATOK: Customs enforcement officers seized more than 1.2 million sticks of contraband cigarettes from a residential premises at Taman Desa Damai here on Feb 9. State Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the operation was carried out by a team of personnel from the Sarikei Customs enforcement unit around 5.30pm following an intelligent report and […]

Contraband alcohol worth more than RM290k seized

SIBU: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband alcohol worth more than RM290,000 from a house last Friday (Feb 5). Acting on public information and intelligence gathered under ‘Ops Libas’, a GOF 10th Battalion carried out the raid around 10.45am on a house suspected to be used to store the contraband alcoholic drinks. As no […]

Over 18,200 litres of contraband alcohol seized

SIBU: The Customs Department seized 18,216 litres of contraband alcohol from a cargo truck near Pasai-Siong junction, Jalan Sibu-Bintulu recently. Customs Sarawak director Herman Shah Abdullah said the seizure was carried out during an operation by its enforcement unit on Feb 1. The team found various duty-not-paid alcoholic beverages inside the truck which is believed […]

Contraband cigarettes destroyed

KUCHING: Police here disposed of 250,000 sticks of contraband cigarettes worth RM16,000 on Wednesday (Feb 3). Kuching District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the cigarettes were previously seized by the Sarawak Marine Police on Jun 5 last year. The destroyed contraband cigarettes consisted of 500 cartons of ERA Filter (red), 250 cartons […]

Customs seize contraband alcohol in Miri raid

MIRI: Various types of alcoholic beverages suspected to have unpaid tax and customs duties were seized by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs) Sarawak in a raid on a house in Jalan Sea View here on Wednesday (Jan 20). Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said personnel from Miri and Bintulu, together with the department’s […]

RM1.4m contraband fags, liquors seized

KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized contraband cigarettes and liquors worth RM1.4 million including taxes during an operation at a premises at Serian Durian Piazza, Serian Division. Customs enforcement officers from Miri, Bintulu and Sarikei together with the Intelligence Branch and Internal Investigation Unit conducted the raid on Tuesday at 12.15pm. The 803,660 sticks […]

GOF seizes contrabands worth RM3 million

KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized smuggled cigarettes and liquor estimated to be worth more than RM3 million here and in Miri on Wednesday. GOF Sarawak commander SAC Mancha Ata said the contrabands were confiscated during an inspection at a workshop at Mile 13, Jalan Kuching-Serian here, at about 1am on that day. He […]