Perak KPDN raids illegal store, seizes 720kg of cooking oil
The operation, conducted at 2 pm, targeted a house allegedly used as an illegal storage facility. Perak KPDN director Datuk Kamalludin Ismail stated that the raid followed a week-long surveillance and intelligence operation under Op Tiris 3.0.
'A 27-year-old man, believed to be the tenant, was questioned. Preliminary findings show he had no permit or licence to store controlled goods,' Kamalludin said in a statement.
The case is being investigated under the Control of Supplies Act 1961 and the Control of Supplies Regulations 1974.
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