Man held for illegally transporting fuel
MIRI: A man was arrested after he was found carrying eight barrels of diesel and petrol without a permit on his pickup truck yesterday. The man, in his 40s, was arrested during an operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ around 11am at the parking area of a commercial centre at Taman Tunku here. Sarawak Marine Police Region […]
Fireworks and firecrackers worth RM150k seized in Sibu
SIBU: Three hundred and fifty seven boxes of firecrackers and fireworks worth RM150,500 were seized by the General Operations Force (GOF) 10th Battalion under Ops Kontraban on Wednesday (Apr 6). GOF 10th Battalion commanding officer Supt Mohammad Hafiz Kadir told a press conference today that a premises at Lorong Ding Lik Kong was raided on […]
Contraband worth RM2.3 million seized
KUCHING: Two men aged 35 and 55 were arrested by a marine police patrol unit for smuggling RM2.3 million worth of contraband. Marine Police Region 5 Kuching commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali stated in a statement the arrest was made yesterday at 3.30am. “Based on information from Ops Kontraban, a team from the Marine Intelligence […]
Bid to smuggle petrol foiled
SIBU: Marine police here foiled an attempt to illegally transport about 2,000 litres of diesel using a lorry at Jalan Sibu-Bintangor last Thursday (Feb 24). Sarawak Marine Police Region Five commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali revealed in a statement that a 37-year-old man was also arrested in the operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’ at 7.30 pm. […]
RM290,000 contraband beer, fags seized
SARIKEI: The General Operations Force (GOF) here seized contraband beer and cigarettes worth over RM290,000 at three separate locations last Wednesday (Feb 23). GOF 10th Battalion commanding officer Supt Mohamad Hafiz Kadir said in a statement, the raids were carried out under ‘Ops Kontraban’ from 2 pm onwards. He revealed that 58 boxes of beer and […]
Marine Police foil bid to smuggle diesel
MIRI: An attempt to smuggle in 8,000 litres of diesel with a tanker truck was foiled by Miri Marine Police along Jalan Miri-Bintulu last Saturday. Region 5 Marine Police commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the case, said the truck driver was also arrested. In the operation codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’, the team noticed a […]
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 […]
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 Kontraban nets over RM112k uncustomed goods
SIBU: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband cigarettes and alcoholic beverages worth more than RM112,000 last Saturday (July 17). In the operations codenamed ‘Ops Kontraban’, the 10th Battalion GOF team carried out a raid on a double-storey premises in the city. Brigade commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the premises is believed to be […]
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 […]
