KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur Royal Customs Department has seized 50,130 litres of hard liquor worth RM665,450, involving taxes of RM1,031,950 since early this year.
Its director Abdul Ghani Othman said Kuala Lumpur Customs inspected 220 premises under the Outlet Ops conducted since Jan 1 in efforts to curb sales of contraband hard liquor in the Klang Valley.
“Out of the total inspection, 39 premises were found to have the contraband goods.
“We have arrest 35 individuals, and out of that number, 24 were compounded, four on bail and seven workers from Myanmar handed over to the Immigration Department for further action,” he said in a statement here today.
He said during that period, Kuala Lumpur Customs recorded a compound collection totalling RM85,850.
Abdul Ghani said for May and June this year, customs raided three premises in the Klang Valley at Bandar Sunway and USJ with goods seized totalling RM199,276 and RM15,955 respectively, while 6,256 litres of beer were seized from a store in Balakong valued at RM82,968, involving tax evasion of RM105,376.
In another development, he said a modified diesel oil tanker was detained at the Sungai Buloh rest stop (R&R) while it was transporting 3,240 litres of beer valued at RM35,587.68.
“The driver has been detained and charged in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court,” he said.
