GOF arrests 1,733 people, seizes RM82.56m worth of goods in cross-border crime crackdown
TUMPAT, Nov 3 — The Southeast Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) recorded 1,493 cross-border...
On November 3, the Southeast Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) announced the successful completion of a cross-border crime crackdown, arresting 1,733 individuals and seizing assets worth over RM82.56 million. The brigade's commander, Datuk Ahmad Radzi Hussain, attributed the results to the dedication and efficiency of his team in upholding national security and sovereignty.
He highlighted the GOF's improvement in intelligence capabilities and heightened awareness of emerging threats, particularly the evolving tactics employed by cross-border criminals to bypass detection.
Radzi emphasized the necessity of staying proactive by recognizing shifts in criminal patterns and methods. He urged each battalion to perform assessments of their operational areas, pinpoint high-risk locations, and continuously update intelligence information to effectively focus on prevention and risk assessment. Radzi also discussed the brigade's efforts to combat illegal immigration, stating that their operations extended beyond arrests to uncovering syndicate networks, individuals facilitating illegal crossings, and those concealing migrants' movements.
As of the previous day, the GOF had detained a total of 921 undocumented migrants from various nationalities, with 802 in Kelantan, 104 in Pahang, and 15 in Terengganu.
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