26-05-2025
Customs seizes smuggled scrap metal worth RM1.64 million in Port Klang
KLANG: The Customs Department has seized over 272.6 tonnes of smuggled scrap metal worth RM1.64 million after seizing 14 shipping containers at the West Port Free Zone here last month.
They also thwarted four other smuggling attempts involving illicit beer, electrical appliances, rice, and chewing tobacco worth an additional RM1.87 million.
Customs Department Assistant Director General (Enforcement) Raizam Setapa @ Mustafa, speaking at a press conference at Wisma Kastam in Pulau Indah here today, said checks revealed that the contents were declared as copper alloy, alternators, used car parts and aluminium flakes.
The materials, she said, originated from America, Europe and Asia.
