36.95kg ganja seizure
KUCHING: Customs successfully thwarts two attempts at smuggling 36.95kg of marijuana or locally known as ganja in four days at Kuching International Airport (KIA). Its director Herman Shah Abdullah revealed that these were the first two marijuana cases recorded this year. The compressed marijuana packed into a total of 37 packages was found in three […]
Sibu Customs arrests two men, seizes contraband cigarettes
SIBU: Customs officials arrested two men for allegedly transporting nearly 4.5 million sticks of contraband cigarette in a truck. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the operations was carried out around 9.55am in front of Camp Oya on April 15. Customs personnel stopped a suspicious looking truck for inspection and found a total of […]
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 […]
960k sticks of contraband fags seized
KUCHING: Customs officials have foiled cigarette smuggling activities and seized 960,000 duty-not-paid cigarette sticks in an empty house at Jalan Kuap recently. State Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said a raid was carried out at 10.19pm by the Customs Kuching enforcement unit following information received. “The team raided the uninhabited house, believed to be used […]
Fish maw worth over RM350k seized at Sibu Airport
SIBU: Customs officials seized a box of prohibited fish maw worth more than RM350,000 at Sibu Airport last Tuesday (Feb 23). The incident happened around 11.40am at the MAS Cargo Inspection Centre here when Customs enforcement team along with an air cargo unit officer stopped a man for inspection over a suspicious box. Customs Sarawak […]
Unclaimed package containing powder drugs seized
KUCHING: An unclaimed package containing powder drugs at a transportation hub was seized by Customs Narcotic officials last Friday (Feb 5). Customs Sarawak director Herman Shah Abdullah, who confirmed the case, said the narcotic unit observed and monitored the premises at Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli before seizing the package. The unit confiscated the package at […]
Customs seizes over 25k litres of contraband alcohol
SRI AMAN: The Customs Department seized 25,103.04 litres of contraband alcohol in raids on two separate locations here. Its director Herman Shah Abdullah said the ‘Ops Cilis’ raids took place around 11.05am last Friday in Jalan Hollis, Sri Jaya Park and Jalan Keja, Kampung Sri Wangi. The operations involved personnel from Kuching Customs and the […]
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 […]
Preserve Dayak culture and customs
BINTULU: The Dayak community especially the Iban are urged to continue to preserves the culture and customs that has been inherited from generation to generation. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Native Law and Customs) Datuk John Sikie Tayai said it is a loss if the culture and tradition that should have been preserved, […]
