Domestic Trade Ministry foils attempt to smuggle out 17,000kg of cooking oil


KOTA BARU (Bernama): The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) has seized 17,000kg of subsidised packet cooking oil before it could be smuggled out of Kelantan to a neighbouring country.

Putrajaya KPDNHEP deputy director of enforcement (operations) Shamsul Nizam Khalil said two men were also arrested when enforcement officers seized the cooking oil during a raid on a store in Kampung Belukar, Pasir Mas, near here, at 12.30pm yesterday.

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