Bid to smuggle ‘missile rockets’ foiled

Explosive haul: Johari (third left), state Customs deputy director (Enforcement and Compliance Division) Azmy Mahamud (left) and other senior officers showing the boxes of fireworks and firecrackers which were seized.

ALOR SETAR: Instead of those tiny whistling ‘moon traveller’ fireworks, smugglers this year tried to sneak in ‘missile rockets’ almost a metre long each.

There were 35 rockets in packs of five each with black ‘missile tips’ about 30cm long, and they were thrown into a lorry along with 164 boxes of firecrackers and assorted night-flowers.