KOTA BARU: Three local men were arrested on suspicion of smuggling nearly 2,000kgs of pig carcasses, estimated to be worth RM165,696, in Kampung Tasek Kwong, Lubok Stol, Rantau Panjang on Saturday. Southeast Brigade General Operations Force (GOF) commander Datuk Nik Azhan Nik Ros Nik Ab Rahman said in a statement on Monday (Jan 6) that the...
NEW DELHI (Bernama): A man trying to smuggle 160 star tortoises to Malaysia was held at India's Chennai International Airport. Security staff handed over the passenger and tortoises, which were kept in cardboard boxes, to the Customs Department, local media reported on Monday. The man, travelling to Malaysia on a tourist visa, reportedly bought the tortoises for...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the owner and director of a company suspected of colluding with a cigarette and alcohol smuggling syndicate. According to sources, both individuals allegedly had roles as collectors of mule accounts to be used in paying bribes to civil servants involved in releasing containers filled with cigarettes and...
KOTA TINGGI: Police have arrested five men for trying to smuggle lobster larvae on a boat from a neighbouring country. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the boat was spotted near a jetty in Legaran Air Gemuruh in Sedili here at around 5.30pm on Monday (Sept 11). "The marine intelligence team in Pengerang received...
