GOF cripples major scrap, e-waste ring in Johor raid
PETALING JAYA : The 5th Battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF) crippled a syndicate involved in scrap and e-waste processing after it seized scrap, e-waste and equipment worth more than RM190 million in a raid in Segamat, Johor.
Commanding officer Salehin Sulaiman said the operation resulted in the arrests of 56 individuals, including two Malaysians – a lorry driver and a female clerk – employed at the premises.
The syndicate is believed to have been active for about a year.
He said the joint operation was conducted on June 16 with the environment and immigration departments and the Segamat Municipal Council.
'The seized items include about 5,920 tonnes of e-waste, 9.45 tonnes of various plastics, 1,031 tonnes of metal, 23 forklifts, 42 machines and a trailer lorry, with the total seizure amounting to RM190,715,900.
'These arrests and seizures have successfully crippled a syndicate network involved in scrap and e-waste processing, particularly in Segamat,' Bernama reported him as saying.
Separately, the battalion detained 25 undocumented migrants in a raid at an oil palm plantation in Ladang Tumbuk, Selangor, at about 6.30am on April 14.
Salehin said those arrested, including nine women, failed to produce valid identification documents and are believed to have just arrived in the country by an unregulated sea route.
'All of them were handed over to Kuala Langat police for further action under the Immigration Act 1959/63,' he said.
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