Smugglers getting craftier

Press conference by new Customs department of Malaysia director-general Datuk Subromaniam Tholasy in Putrajaya.MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The STAR

PUTRAJAYA: Poison in a soup can. Candy-wrapped explosives. Daggers inside cereal boxes. These are how illegal goods may be coming into the country.

Crafty importers are taking advantage of e-commerce by concealing prohibited items in these edibles, Customs director-general Datuk Subromaniam Tholasy told Sunday Star.