JOHOR BARU: Over RM8.7mil worth of contraband cigarettes and zam zam water were seized by the Customs Department here following checks on two separate locations here.
PONTIAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) has arrested four foreign men for making illicit liquor in a raid at Kampung Sungai Burung, Pekan Nenas, here.
BATU PAHAT: The General Operations Force (GOF) has arrested a 64-year-old shop owner and seized contraband cigarettes with unpaid taxes amounting to more than RM25,000.
KEPALA BATAS: A total of 18.49 million sticks of contraband cigarettes were seized after police raided a storeroom and warehouse in Taman Selamat at Tasek Gelugor here.
Four trucks, three of them chiller trucks, as well as two cars were also seized when police arrested five suspects on Wednesday.
Bukit Aman Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department director Datuk Zainal Abidin Kasim said the cigarettes were valued at RM13.86mil, while the vehicles at RM300,000.
He said as the trucks were registered with a fresh produce company, they had valid documents to pass roadblocks and managed to dodge inspections.
“Following months of surveillance on the properties, police launched the raid and arrested the suspects aged between 36 and 63.