Seven Thais nabbed at illegal fuel depots


Deputy Director of Enforcement (Development) Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman left) and Project Manager Attorney General Chambers's Special Task Force Zairol Hisham (right) showed one of the cars with a modified fuel tank at the back seat which were successfully confiscated by Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism during a press conference on the seizure of 48,650 litres of petrol and 790 litres of diesel valued at about RM1.6 millions at Bukit Kayu Hitam Industrial Zone at Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah.

BUKIT KAYU HITAM: Seven Thais and two locals were detained in raids conducted by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consu­me­rism Ministry at illegal depots near the Ma­­laysian-Thai border, where RM1.6mil worth of subsidised fuel was seized.

The ministry’s deputy director of enforcement (development) Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman said the raids were carried out at four illegal depots in Durian Burung in Kedah and Wang Kelian in Perlis on Tuesday.

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