Lorry driver, factory worker held over palm oil smuggling scheme
The arrests took place on Friday during Op Sawit, a targeted enforcement operation headed by TEID Intelligence Operations head Assistant Superintendent Mohd Rizam Surani with MPOB.
The team seized an estimated RM212,200 worth of palm oil and equipment at a factory here.
TEID director Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said a suspicious lorry was first spotted in Klang at around 4pm. Police trailed the vehicle to a premises in Puchong.
"An inspection of the lorry uncovered four barrels suspected to contain approximately 4,000 litres of palm oil, along with one pump unit. Further checks inside the premises found a filtration tank believed to contain about 500 kilogrammes of used palm oil.
"Additionally, two pumps, hoses, and five tanks suspected to contain around 13,500 litres of crude palm oil were found. All items, valued at RM212,200, were taken to the MPOB Southern Region Office for further action," he said in a statement today.
The two suspects, a 36-year-old lorry driver and a 44-year-old man believed to be the premises caretaker, were detained for possessing unlicensed palm oil products.
"The main objective of this operation is to curb and take legal action against those involved in smuggling crude palm oil using commercial vehicles," Yusri said.
The case is being investigated under Rule 5 of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Licensing) Regulations 2005 and the Control of Supplies Act 1961.
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