Royal Malaysian Customs in Perak foiled five smuggling attempts, seizing electric bikes, frozen meat, rice and tiles worth RM2.4 million.
ipoh: The Royal Malaysian Customs in Perak has foiled five attempts to smuggle goods with an estimated total value of RM2.4 million including duties and taxes.
The seizures were made during raids at several locations including Port Klang in January and February.
Perak Customs director Mohd Nadzri Ariffin said the first case was linked to a container detained at Port Klang, Selangor on Jan 14.
The inspection revealed that 801 cartons of ceramic tiles were wrongly declared as cement tiles, with a seized value of RM964,290.
A 35 year old man has been arrested in this case.
In a separate operation on 27 January, 22.9 tonnes of rice was found in another container in Port Klang.
The goods were declared as lentils beans in the customs document and had an estimated value of RM307,316.
A 70-year-old man was arrested to assist in the investigation.
On 12 February, the Ipoh Enforcement Division inspected two containers in Port Klang and discovered 49,343 kilograms of frozen pork and chicken.
These meat products were declared as frozen dumplings with an estimated value of RM645,574.
Meanwhile, on February 9, the Pengkalan Hulu Enforcement Branch found 418 units of electric bicycles in two containers in Port Klang.
It was suspected that the goods had been wrongly declared, leading to the arrest of the manager of the importing company.
The value of the seized electric bicycles was estimated at RM358,244.
In another case on January 21, the Pengkalan Hulu branch inspected a lorry along Jalan Lenggong-Gerik.
They found that rice was being smuggled into the country from the neighboring country through illegal routes without permits.
The 28-year-old lorry driver and his 30-year-old assistant were arrested for investigation under the Customs Act 1967.
The duties and taxes involved in this seizure were estimated at RM125,126.
