Customs seize smuggled cigarettes, liquor, fireworks worth over RM10 mln
21 Oct 2022 05:04pm
Penang JKDM director Hamisan Kalip (centre) with his officers showing smuggled cigarettes, liquor and firecrackers with an estimated value of RM10.4 million - BERNAMA photo
Penang JKDM director Hamisan Kalip said acting on surveillance carried out by the customs special investigation unit and the Penang customs enforcement unit raided the warehouse at 6.30 pm and found the cigarettes, liquor, fireworks and two bonded lorries containing cigarettes, he told reporters here today.
Five local men, aged between 35 and 46, who were unloading the merchandise from the container were also arrested during the raid, he said.
Hamisan said the seizure involved 13.58 million sticks of cigarettes worth RM1.08 million, involving RM9.07 million tax, 21,0000 cans of alcohol worth RM41,808 (RM195,466.75 tax) and seven cartons of fireworks worth RM1,120 (RM728 tax).
The case was being investigated under Section 135(1)(e)of the Customs Act and Excise Act 1976, he said, adding that the five suspects would be charged at the Bukit Mertajam Magistrate’s Court. - BERNAMA
