PONTIAN: The Basic Operations Drive (GOF) has arrested 4 overseas males for making illicit liquor in a raid at Kampung Sungai Burung, Pekan Nenas, right here.
GOF Fifth Battalion commanding officer Supt Dimin Awang stated the suspects, aged between 19 and 44, had been arrested inside a shed at about 4.30pm on Sunday (Oct 24).
“We seized objects utilized by the suspects to provide the illicit liquor value RM15,992.
“Investigations confirmed the group was lively for a 12 months. That is the primary time we got here throughout a shed that has an underground room to provide the liquor,” he stated in an announcement on Monday (Oct 25).
Supt Dimin stated the suspects comprised three Vietnamese and a Myanmarese.
The confiscated objects embody 210 bottles of 1.5 litres every of clear liquid believed to be samsu, 14 gallons of samsu in 20-litre containers, 10 bins, three gasoline tanks, two pots, 22 packs of sugar, two units of cooking stoves and RM1,000 in money.
The case shall be investigated below Part 75 of the Excise Act for making and processing liquor and possessing liquor distilling gear.
In an unrelated case, Supt Dimin stated three males, two of them Pakistanis, had been detained for promoting fireworks and contraband cigarettes.
The suspects, aged between 21 and 29, had been additionally arrested on Sunday at about 5.30pm alongside Jalan Parit Haji Hashim in Simpang Renggam, Kluang.
“We confiscated 29 bins of varied varieties of fireworks and 28 cartons of contraband cigarettes, value RM5,469.
“A automobile that was utilized by the suspects to promote this stuff round Simpang Renggam was additionally seized,” he stated, including that the overall worth of the seizures got here to RM53,659.
The suspects have been taken to the Kluang police headquarters for additional motion.
The case is being investigated below Part 8 of the Explosives Act for promoting firecrackers and Part 135(1) of the Customs Act for possessing contraband objects.
