Illicit fags worth over RM252k seized
KUCHING: A total of 32 boxes containing 1,690 cartons of various types of cigarettes suspected to be with unpaid tax and Customs duties were seized by the police here yesterday. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the total seizure was estimated to be worth RM252,432. He said the seizure was made during a raid […]
Contrabands worth RM742,612 seized
KUCHING: The General Operation Force (GOF) seized from a store in Miri untaxed cigarettes and beers worth a total of RM742,612.20 during a raid held in an operation codenamed Ops Kontraban. GOF commander SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang in a statement today said the raid was done by an intelligence team from the 12th […]
Victim loses RM70,000 to Macau racket
PADAWAN: The Macau scam syndicate has struck yet again. This time, disguised as an Inland Revenue Board officer, a racket member fleeced a 30-year-old man out of RM70,000 in savings. In the incident which occurred on Aug 29, the suspect had allegedly told the gullible victim that the latter had some unpaid taxes. District deputy […]
RM13.3 mln worth of contrabands seized
SIBU: Customs officials have seized illicit cigarettes and alcoholic beverages with unpaid duties and taxes valued over RM13.3 million at the banks of Sungai Rajang on July 20. The contrabands worth approximately RM2.5 million were found inside 27 shipping containers after Sibu Customs enforcement officers detained a ship moored to the banks behind a premises […]
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 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 […]
Contrabands worth over RM100K seized
KUCHING: The Sarawak Marine Police seized illicit cigarettes and beer worth more than RM100,000 including unpaid taxes on Thursday. Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said the Ops Landai Covid-19 raid was carried out at 4.05pm on a premises in Jalan Setia Raja, Tabuan Jaya. The team inspected the premises and found […]
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 […]
Contraband cigs worth over RM47k seized in raid
KUCHING: Personnel from the Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 seized contraband cigarettes valued over RM47,000 during Ops Landai on Wednesday (Jan 20). Its commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said his men had earlier raided an unnumbered premises at Court Road in Bintangor at around 5.30pm. He said the premises was used as a storage for various […]
Contraband beers seized
MIRI: The Customs Department on Wednesday seized 3,834.53 litres of various brands of beer worth RM29,705 with unpaid duties and taxes valued at RM119,287. The total estimated value of the contrabands including duties and taxes is RM148,993. Sarawak Customs director Herman Shah Abdullah said the alcoholic beverages were seized during a raid conducted at a […]
