SUNGAI PETANI, Oct 23 — Three local men were arrested while vehicles, electronic components (e-waste), scrap metal, and plastic, all estimated to be worth RM5.35 million, were seized during Op Hazard in Bukit Selambau yesterday.
General Operations Force (GOF) Northern Brigade Commander SAC Shahrum Hashim said the operation was conducted following monitoring of illegal e-waste activities in the area over the past week.
“Three Volvo trailer lorries transporting various types of e-waste were detected en route to a warehouse. Upon inspection at the rear of the lorries, officers found 60 jumbo bags of e-waste, 20 jumbo bags of scrap metal, 19 jumbo bags of plastic waste, and two metal crushers, all weighing about 99,000kg," he said in a statement today.
The operation, conducted between 1am and 6.45am yesterday, also involved the GOF 18th Battalion Investigation Branch, the Sungai Petani Environment Department (DOE), the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division, and the Kuala Muda police headquarters' Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division.
The three detainees, aged between 36 and 52, and the seizures were handed over to the DOE for investigation under Section 18 (1A) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974.
