Tip-off leads Penang Customs to RM2.53mil cigarette and liquor seizures
BUTTERWORTH: Penang Customs seized more than one million cigarettes and 18,400 litres of liquor worth RM2.53 million in three raids in Kedah and Penang, and arrested one man.
Butterworth, Penang - Penang Customs executed a series of three raids resulting in the seizure of over one million cigarettes and 18,400 litres of liquor, valued at RM2.53 million. The operations, conducted between July 10 and July 31, targeted residential properties in Kulim, Kedah; Bukit Mertajam; and Sungai Jawi, Penang. Intelligence led to the investigations, which were executed as per Section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967.
Upon seizing the contraband, customs officials detained a man in his forties. The largest seizure involved 777,400 cigarette sticks worth RM843,827.60, found in a home in Sungai Jawi on July 31. The first and second raids, held on July 10 and July 11 respectively, yielded 205,880 cigarette sticks and 12,464.20 litres of beer/liter worth RM1.286 million, and 31,840 cigarette sticks and 5,945.30 litres of beer/liter worth RM398,449.55.
Investigations are ongoing to reveal the perpetrators and the duration of the syndicate's activities.
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