RM1.41 mil contraband liquor seized by Sabah Customs

KOTA KINABALU – The Sabah Customs Department foiled three attempts to smuggle in four containers of contraband liquor worth RM1.41 million at the Sepanggar Port, here recently.

Sabah Zone Customs assistant director-general Cheong Yu Min said the four containers, which were detained between August 11 and 17, were worth RM278,064.53 of which the unpaid duty amounted to RM1.13 million.

He said that at 9.45am on August 11 a team from the Kota Kinabalu enforcement unit stopped and inspected a container and found 18,235l of liquor worth RM69,458.88 and unpaid duty amounting to RM284,139.95.

On August 16, at 9.05am, two containers containing liquor worth RM145,570.37 and unpaid duty amounting to RM594,410.86 were detained, he said in a statement, here today.

Cheong said on August 17, the Customs Department detained another container with 16,632l of contraband liquor worth RM63,035.28 and unpaid duty amounting to RM257,862,53.

He said syndicates have been trying to smuggle in contraband liquor without paying tax by declaring such goods as different products, to fool the authorities.

The case will be investigated under Section 135(a) of the Customs Act 1967. – Bernama, August 19, 2022