Company owner, director held for suspected involvement in smuggling syndicate

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...

Five detained for smuggling lobster larvae in Johor

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...