Hi-tech scanner boost at CIQ


Speedier inspection: Two lorries passing through the new drive through scanners at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex in Bukit Chagar.

JOHOR BARU: Four high-tech drive through cargo scanners are now in operation at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar in Bukit Chagar.

The scanners, which were installed on Nov 1 and cost RM49.2mil, would help to prevent smuggling activities across the Malaysia-Singapore border, said Customs Department director-general Datuk Khazali Ahmad.

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