MOF personnel showing some of the seized items at the warehouse in Kampung Rantau Panjang in Batu Kawa, Kuching.
KUCHING: Contraband beer of various brands worth RM56,700 were seized when a Marine Operations Force (MOF) raided a warehouse in Kampung Rantau Panjang, Batu Kawa, near here on Friday.
The contraband items comprise 5,040 bottles of Tiger beer, 1,200 bottles of Budweiser, and 7,200 cans of Leo Smooth and Great Taste.
State MOF Intelligence/Operations chief DSP Mohd Razlin Abdul Manaf told a press conference at the Marine Base in Bintawa yesterday that the morning raid was launched following a tip-off and a local man was arrested.
“Acting on information from the public, MOF personnel conducted the raid at about 10am and the team found a sizeable number of alcoholic drinks that were not duty paid.
“A local, aged 47 years old, was arrested to assist with investigations after he failed to produce customs documents. He is suspected of possessing non duty paid alcoholic drinks.
“The case has been handed to the Customs Department, and it will be investigated under the Customs Act 1967.”
The latest raid was the third successful one carried out by MOF this month.
The first raid in Bintulu on Jan 7 under the Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives Act netted RM690,000 worth of goods, while the second one in Sibu on Wednesday resulted in RM6,000 worth of items seized under the Forestry Ordinance.
Razlin said MOF were involved in the seizure of RM5.69 million worth of items last year.
On another matter, he said MOF would launch a special operation code-named Ops Tango Papa in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year celebrations.
To be conducted a week before and a week after the CNY celebration, he said such operations were commonly carried out by MOF during festivities and school holidays to check on any criminal activity.