JOHOR BARU: The General Operations Force (GOF) arrested two local men at Taman Komersial Senai on Wednesday (Feb 2) and seized over RM50,000 worth of contraband liquor.
GOF 5 Battalion commanding officer Supt Dimin Awang said that in the 11.30pm incident during Ops Kontraban, the suspects aged 44 and 47 were detained while unloading cartons of alcohol from a car into a premises.
“The estimated worth of the liquor is RM55,427 including tax," he said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 3).
Supt Dimin said a male foreigner aged 36, who was the caretaker of the premises where the illicit liquor was being unloaded, was also detained in the operation.
He said with the arrest of the three suspects, GOF believed it had put a dent in the distribution network for untaxed alcohol in the Johor Baru and Kulai areas.
Supt Dimin said the case was being investigated by Kulai CID under Section 135 of the Customs Act 1967.
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