PGA7 seize nearly RM5mil worth of goods during month-long 'Op Benteng Covid'


Two General Operations Force (GOF) personnel at the Malaysia-Thailand border. -G.C.TAN / The Star filepic

KOTA BHARU (Bernama): The 7th Battalion of the General Operations Force (PGA7) seized goods worth nearly RM5mil, involving 113 cases, during a month-long operation code-named "Op Benteng Covid-19” along the Malaysia-Thai border since last June.

PGA7 commanding officer Supt Azhari Nusi, in a statement today said a total of 95 individuals were arrested, comprising 81 local residents and 14 Thai nationals.

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