KOTA KINABALU: Customs officers have detected another case of falsely declared goods brought into Sabah by smuggling syndicates to evade tax. Sabah Customs seized six containers with some RM2.7mil worth of beer, including unpaid taxes, that came through Sepanggar port near here on May 10. The seizure was made after it was determined that the consignment had...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Customs personnel seized contraband alcohol and cigarettes worth more than RM5.4mil in several operations here this month. The untaxed items were seized after surveillance by the Import Export Unit Sepanggar Port branch as well as the Kota Kinabalu enforcement unit between March 6 and 18. Sabah Customs assistant director-general Mohd Nasir Deraman said in...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Twenty-one-year-old Indonesian national was fined BND5,000 (RM17,600) on Wednesday for possessing smuggled cigarettes. Magistrate Fatin Fikriyah Rosli ordered for Yuki Erdi to serve five months’ jail in default of payment. The customs prosecutor revealed that their enforcement team raided his residence at Kampong Padnunok in Jalan Lamunin on January 15 at 11.05pm. Authorities...
PETALING JAYA: An anti-contraband operation by Bukit Aman saw seizures amounting to over RM30mil in three raids in Selangor. Bukit Aman's internal security and public order department director, Comm Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali (pic), said three raids were conducted in Kajang on Sept 7, which busted a major syndicate smuggling untaxed cigarettes and alcohol. The operation resulted...
