HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs have uncovered the largest gold bullion-smuggling case ever recorded by the department, after officers found HK$46 million (US$5.9 million) worth of the precious metal in an air cargo shipment bound for Japan. Officers from the Customs and Excise Department’s air cargo division made the discovery when they acted on a risk...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore Customs has warned the public against falling for an impersonation scam bearing the agency’s name. In a Facebook post on Sept 13, the agency said there has been a circulating SMS that falsely claims to be from Singapore Customs by identifying itself as “S.G. Customs”. Singapore Customs clarified that it does not...
CYBERJAYA: Thousands of Klang Valley businesses will be inspected for tax compliance by officers from the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) and Royal Malaysian Customs Department as part of Ops Metro 2024, says Datuk Dr Abu Tariq Jamaluddin. The LHDN chief executive officer said the newly announced joint operation will see over 1,000 officers from both LHDN...
SEPANG: More than RM600,000 undeclared cash has been seized at KLIA and a foreigner in his 60s detained, says the Customs Department. Its central zone assistant director Norlela Ismail said the passenger, who had intended to board a flight to a Middle Eastern country, was detained on June 13. "The passenger, in his 60s, was detained following...
KOTA BHARU: The Malaysian and Thai police will work together to track down a smuggler who fired three shots at Kelantan Customs Department officers who were on duty in an enforcement operation to combat petrol and diesel smuggling near the Pok Mat illegal base in Kampung Simpangan, Tumpat. Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said...
KOTA BHARU: A smuggler fired three shots while fleeing from Royal Malaysian Customs Department officers during an anti-smuggling operation near a hideout in Kampung Simpangan, Tumpat, on Wednesday (June 19). Kelantan Customs director Wan Jamal Abdul Salam Wan Long said the incident occurred at 9.45am when five Customs officers patrolling the area discovered about 15 longboats...
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...
SHAH ALAM: A Customs officer has been charged here with misappropriating pangolin scales from a marine enforcement store in North Port. Ahmad Hilmi Ghazali, 51, was charged under Section 403 of the Penal Code for misappropriation of property at the Sessions Court here on Friday (May 31). He was accused of having induced his colleague, Customs personnel...
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...
IPOH: The Customs Department has seized 28 luxury vehicles with a combined duty value of about RM10mil at several locations in Perak and Selangor. Its Perak director Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mohamad said the seizures were made during raids on 12 locations in the two states in January and February. "The vehicles have not passed Customs (screening) and...
