IPOH: The Perak branch of the Customs Department has successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle liquor worth RM2.8mil into Malaysia across three locations this month.
Its director Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mohamad said the department’s enforcement division from the Pengkalan Hulu Station conducted a raid at a location in Bandar Sri Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, around 4.30pm on Oct 14.
“We seized 6,100 litres of various brands of liquor, valued at about RM557,346 including import duties, and detained a 58-year-old local man to assist in investigations,” he said yesterday, Bernama reported.
He added that two more raids were carried out at separate premises in Ipoh on Oct 18, resulting in the seizure of 26,756 litres of various brands of liquor with an estimated value of RM2.25mil, including import duties.
