KOTA BARU: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs seized over RM1.7mil worth of smuggled controlled goods involving 88 circumstances beneath the Control of Supplies Act 1961 since January this 12 months.
The ministry’s state enforcement chief Aswadi Jaafar stated the goods included sugar, flour and cooking oil, seized via built-in operations along with different enforcement companies.
“We additionally made 26 arrests and seized 38 autos over the actions of misappropriation and smuggling of controlled objects at Malaysia’s border space,” he stated in an announcement Monday (June 6).
Aswadi stated in the primary half of this 12 months, additionally they managed to curb the smuggling of petrol and diesel, which have been additionally controlled objects, to a neighbouring nation, with the seized goods worth RM72,146.50.
“Enforcement motion in opposition to misappropriation and smuggling of controlled goods on the nation’s border is carried out frequently involving the cooperation of varied companies.
“This is to make sure that shoppers take pleasure in honest costs of goods, that merchants comply with the regulation and the provision of goods is at all times adequate,” he added. – Bernama
