Contraband cigarettes worth over RM40k seized
MIRI: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 (PPM) seized contraband cigarettes worth RM48,188 from two premises yesterday. According to Miri OCPD ACP Lim Meng Seah, an operation codenamed ‘Ops Landai’ was held at a night market in Kuala Suai, Batu Niah. In the first raid carried out around 12.15am, the team found a total of […]
680 litres of diesel, lorry seized
MUKAH: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) branch here has seized 680 litres of diesel worth RM1,380. Mukah KPDNHEP head Salihin Den said diesel was being filled into three drums on a lorry without any valid documentation or permit from the relevant authority last Friday. He added that the diesel and the lorry […]
300 mangrove stems seized
KUCHING: A total of 300 mangrove stems were discovered and seized by Sarawak Forestry Department (SFD) on Monday. According to a spokesperson, SFD conducted an inspection on a premises at Batu 6 1/2, Jalan Matang around 3.40pm. The mangrove stems were found hidden at the back of the premises. The premises owner did not have […]
Contraband liquor, fireworks seized
KUCHING: Police raided a premises in Batu Kawah on Tuesday, seizing various brands of contraband liquor and fireworks worth about RM70,800. The raiding party comprising members of Padawan IPD Task Force and Sarawak PGU Intelligence Unit swooped on the premises at MJC Commercial Centre around 4pm, said Padawan OCPD Supt Aidil Bolhassan in a statement […]
Contraband beer worth RM589K seized
KUCHING: Some 3,100 crates of contraband beer worth RM589,000 were confiscated by the 11th Battalion General Operations Force (GOF) on Friday. Sarawak GOF commander SAC Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said acting on information and intelligence gathered, raids were conducted at two separate locations. “In the first location, the team raided a house in Batu Kitang […]
Customs seize contrabands worth RM33K
MIRI: The Miri district Customs Department on Thursday confiscated 84,464 sticks of cigarettes and 1,452.71 litres of beer valued at RM33,903.19 with unpaid duties worth at RM92,409.60 in two separate raids held in Batu Niah. The first raid was carried out in a bistro while the second on a stationary van parked nearby the bistro, […]
RM1.7m worth of cigarettes, liquor seized
SIBU: Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sibu has confiscated RM1.7 million worth of contraband cigarettes and liquor including illegal firecrackers at Sibu-Stapang road on Tuesday. During the raid, conducted between 9.50pm and 10.30pm, the Customs Enforcement Division detained two separate trucks and seized the untaxed items at two separate locations. State Customs director Datuk Sharifah […]
Contraband cigs, liquors worth RM13, 985 seized
BINTULU: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Bintulu on Monday seized contraband cigarettes and liquors valued at RM13, 985 with unpaid duties worth about RM132, 218.75 from premises near Jalan Sibiyu. According to Sarawak Customs Director Datuk Sharifah Halimah Tuanku Taha, the raid was conducted by members of the Bintulu Customs Enforcement Division. “Initial examination […]
