Authorities seize untaxed cigarettes and liquor worth over RM140k
MIRI: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 here has seized untaxed cigarettes and liquor valued at RM142,506.25 yesterday (Mar 30) during Ops Taring Kontraban. The contrabands were confiscated after the police stopped a four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle at Jalan Limbang Utara in Taman Tunku, and discovered a cache of contraband items hidden inside. The man driving […]
752,000 sticks of illicit fags, 36 litres of liquor seized in Miri
MIRI: The Sarawak Customs Department Kuching and Miri enforcement operation units on last Sunday afternoon (Sept 4) seized 752,000 sticks of cigarettes and 36 litres of liquor worth RM179,820 at a storage room of a house in Miri during an operation with unpaid tax worth RM516,733.44. The cigarettes, consisting of regular white sticks, kretek (clove […]
Contraband liquor, fags worth over RM225k seized
MIRI: The 12th Battalion of Miri General Operations Force (GOF) on Tuesday (Feb 15) seized smuggled liquor and cigarettes worth RM225,959.11 including unpaid duties. The battalion, in its official page today, said a raid, dubbed Ops Kontraban Brigade, was carried out around 12pm on a premises in the city centre here, and three individuals, believed […]
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 […]
Ops nets RM75k smuggled fags, booze
BINTULU: Contraband cigarettes and liquor worth more than RM75,000 were seized in an operation aptly codenamed Ops Kontraban here, last Friday (June 18). Marine Police personnel with assistance from the Kampung Warisan Jepak roadblock personnel, carried out an operation at Jalan Pesisir Pantai Bintulu-Kuala Tatau around 9am. Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Contrabands worth over RM320,000 seized
MIRI: The General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes and alcoholic beverages worth more than RM320,000 in two separate raids on Monday. According to a spokesperson of GOF, the raids were carried out by a team from the GOF 12th Battalion from 11am to 1.30pm. The first raid was at a shop at Jalan Taman […]
Sarawak Customs foil smuggling bid in Sibu
SIBU: Sarawak Customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle in liquor and construction items in 19 containers, all worth about RM1.46mil including tax, at Rejang Port here. Its director, Herman Shah Abdullah, said the seizure included 12,172.01 litres of liquor of various brands, and eight individuals were also detained to assist in investigation. The seizure was […]
