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Syndicate’s modus operandi was to hide contraband in premises storing licensed goods before transportation to elsewhere

BUTTERWORTH, July 24 — The Penang Customs Department seized 52.05kg of ganja buds worth over RM5 million from a car at the Sungai Petani Selatan Toll Plaza on June 29.

KLANG, July 22 — The Selangor Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle in 1,964 tonnes of scrap metal worth RM9.17 million after seizing 83 containers within the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) here recently.

BUTTERWORTH, July 2 — The Penang Customs Department detained two men and crippled a smuggling syndicate, seizing various cigarettes as well as alcoholic beverages worth RM2.67 million in separate raids in the state recently.

SEPANG, June 19 — Customs officers have foiled recent multiple attempts to smuggle 30.14 kg of drugs estimated to be worth RM2.65 million through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

SEPANGGAR, June 10 — The Sabah Customs Department seized three types of smuggled goods, with an estimated value of RM16.66 million, in operations carried out at the Sepanggar Port last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled 7,215 smuggling cases last year, with a total seizure and tax value amounting to RM1.644 billion, an increase of 85.92 per cent compared to RM884.27 million in 2023, according to Customs director-general Datuk Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin.

KLANG, Dec 30 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department Central Zone II (Selangor) seized rice, electronic waste (e-waste), cigarettes, and snuff tobacco valued at over RM10 million in several raids at West Port here and other locations across the state recently.

KLANG, Aug 23 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department seized 114.26 million sticks of white cigarettes worth RM76.26 million including duties after detaining 11 containers at North Port and West Port in Port Klang on July 23 and August 12.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has launched 36 investigations and detained 35 traders, both local and foreign, suspected of selling smuggled cigarettes and liquor during Op Royal, which began on August 12 in Kuala Lumpur.

KOTA BHARU, Aug 7 — The Kelantan Customs Department seized 1.94 million sticks of smuggled cigarettes worth RM1.54 million, including tax, last month.

KLANG, Aug 1 — The Central Zone II (Selangor) Royal Malaysian Customs Department confiscated 231 luxury vehicles and various commodities amounting to RM30.8 million during six separate operations aimed at crippling smuggling activities in June and July.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 1 — The Federal Court has granted leave to the Royal Malaysian Customs Department and a trading company to appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling on sales tax exemption eligibility.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department busted a syndicate smuggling in alcoholic beverages declared as vegetables with the seizure of two containers at North Port in Klang on June 13.

KLANG, June 25 — The Selangor Central Zone II Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) busted a smuggling syndicate of bonsai plants, cigarettes, liquor, and fans worth RM2.04 million through raids around Port Klang in May and earlier this month.

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 — A total of 23 Royal Malaysian Customs Department officers and personnel will be charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and Section 165 of the Penal Code, in six separate sessions courts, until June 6.

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — One million individuals in Malaysia aged 15 years and above suffer from depression, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2023 report released today.

PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has foiled 1,856 smuggling activities involving various types of goods, with a RM350 million tax value as of March this year, said Customs assistant director-general (Enforcement) Ribuan Abdullah.