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New Straits Times
4 days ago
- New Straits Times
Customs seize 2.5 tonnes of smuggled chewing tobacco worth RM60,000 in Kota Baru
RANTAU PANJANG: The Kelantan Customs Department seized 2.5 tonnes of smuggled chewing tobacco worth nearly RM60,000 during an operation in Kota Baru on Aug 4. Also seized were a lorry and five four-wheel-drive vehicles valued at over RM400,000. Kelantan Customs director Wan Jamal Abdul Salam Wan Long said a 29-year-old lorry driver was arrested during the operation, while the drivers of the other vehicles managed to flee. "The operation was conducted in a residential area in Kadok, Kota Baru, following public tip-offs. "Around 4.30am, Customs officers raided the location and found 122 boxes of chewing tobacco. "We managed to arrest the lorry driver, while the others escaped on foot," he said at a press conference today. Wan Jamal said initial investigations revealed that the chewing tobacco, valued at RM23 per kg, was intended for distribution in the Klang Valley. "Our probe also found that the tobacco was smuggled into Kelantan from a neighbouring country via illegal jetties along the border. "There is high demand for this product from both locals and foreigners," he added. He said this was the first chewing tobacco seizure by the department this year. Chewing tobacco is strictly prohibited for import into Malaysia, under Item 66 of the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2023. Smuggling is an offence under Section 135(1)(e) of the Customs Act 1967. If found guilty, offenders face a fine of not less than 10 times the amount of customs duty or RM100,000 (whichever is higher), and up to 20 times the duty amount or RM500,000, or imprisonment of between six months and five years, or both.
Borneo Post
22-04-2025
- Borneo Post
Customs seizes over RM566,000 worth of illicit goods in Miri
The alcoholic beverages seized by the customs in the raid. MIRI (April 22): The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM Sarawak) seized illicit cigarettes and alcoholic beverages worth RM566,691.20 during a raid at an area in Eastwood Valley industrial estate here last month. Sarawak Customs director Norizan Yahya said that the raid targeted a 20-foot-long container at around 8.30am on March 16, following tip off from the intelligence unit. 'Upon inspecting the locked container, the team discovered a total of 700,000 sticks of white cigarettes of various brands without tax stamps, along with 1,536 litres of alcoholic beverages stored inside. 'The estimated value of the seized goods is RM74,372, while the amount of duty and tax amounts to RM492,319.20,' he said in a statement today. Norizan stated that the importation of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages requires an import permit because they are classified as restricted goods under the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2023. He explained that the syndicate's modus operandi involves using containers as storage facilities for cigarettes and alcoholic beverages suspected to be prohibited items. 'The case is being investigated under Section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967,' he said. alcohol beverages customs illicit cigarettes lead Norizan Yahya seize
