PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today disclosed the value of leakages due to the smuggling activities of a syndicate which involved members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Cargo in Sepang Cargo amounted to RM2 billion for the past three years. MACC chief commissioner … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the owner and director of a company suspected of colluding with a cigarette and alcohol smuggling syndicate. According to sources, both individuals allegedly have roles as collectors of mule accounts to be used in paying bribes to civil servants involved in releasing containers … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 15 more civil servants suspected of receiving over RM2 million in bribes from a syndicate involved in the illegal smuggling of tobacco, cigarettes, and alcohol through the country’s entry points. The arrests were made by MACC’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Division through Op Samba 2.0, … Read more
KOTA BARU, March 1 — Police have arrested two local women, 32 and 38, for smuggling 20,000 yaba pills worth RM128,480 at Kampung Sering here on Monday. Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said police inspected their Perodua Myvi at 2.30pm and found a white container holding a sack of the pills weighing 2,530 … Read more
KUCHING, Feb 9 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) will strengthen cooperation with the police to curb smuggling activities involving subsidised diesel in the state of Sarawak. KPDN minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the cooperation was among topics discussed with the Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mancha Ata during a … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The police have crippled a syndicate involved in smuggling untaxed cigarettes and alcoholic beverages with seizures totalling over RM98 million through three raids in Kuching, Sarawak, on Tuesday (February 6). Bukit Aman Department of Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali said the raids were the result … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — A freighter was seized with its 13 foreign crew arrested as police busted a big smuggling syndicate for subsidised diesel at Johor Port in Pasir Gudang last Thursday. Bukit Aman Department Internal Security and Public Order Department director Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali said the raid carried out together with the … Read more
ALOR SETAR, Jan 28 — The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) has managed to bust a diesel smuggling syndicate after detaining a lorry in Sungai Petani yesterday. Its Kedah director, Affendi Rajini Kanth said they had observed a two-tonne lorry purchasing diesel repeatedly at several petrol stations around Sungai Petani during their … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — A syndicate smuggling subsidised diesel was busted when police arrested 12 men and confiscated various items including 1.02 million litres of diesel estimated at RM15.18 million in Klang on Tuesday. Bukit Aman Department of Internal Security and Public Order (KDNKA) director Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali said 10 foreigners and two … Read more
PADANG BESAR, Dec 29 — The Perlis Royal Customs Department foiled 286 smuggling activities involving various commodities with seizures valued at RM5,983,463.19 and a total tax of RM3,852,890.08 so far this year. Perlis Customs director Ismail Hashim said the seized items with the highest value were vehicles, with a total seizure of RM3,050,510 and a … Read more
