SEREMBAN, Nov 6 — The Negeri Sembilan branch of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department crippled smuggling activities in two raids on Oct 26, seizing cigarettes, liquor and other goods with a total value of RM2.56 million, including duties.
Its director, Jamal Paiman, said the seizures by the Enforcement Division involved various items worth RM359,271, with duties amounting to RM2.2 million.
He said the items seized comprised 3,008,200 sticks of cigarettes of various brands, 2,910.64 litres of liquor, 221 electrical appliances and a packaging machine.
“In the first case, a team from the Operations Branch intercepted a Daihatsu van in an alley behind a row of shoplots in Taman Sejahtera, Kuala Lumpur, at about 3 pm. The van was believed to be used to distribute smuggled goods for the local market.
“An inspection found 10,000 packets, equivalent to 200,000 sticks, of cigarettes of various brands suspected to be prohibited imports under the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2023. The estimated value of the seized cigarettes and van was RM36,000, while the duties involved amounted to RM138,000,” he told a press conference here today.
He said a 42-year-old man was detained following the raid to assist in investigations.
Jamal said that in the second raid, his team inspected a building in the same area at 4 pm and found 1,370 bottles of liquor of various brands, 4,824 cans of alcoholic beverages, 244 boxes containing 2,808,200 sticks of cigarettes of various brands, and 221 assorted electrical appliances suspected to be smuggled goods.
He said all the items were seized under Section 114 of the Customs Act 1967, while the case was being investigated under Sections 135(1)(d) and 135(1)(e) of the same Act. — Bernama
