GOF seizes smuggled shoes, handbags worth over RM3.3mil in Kelantan

KOTA BARU: The 7th Battalion of the General Operations Force (PGA7) seized shoes and handbags, worth more RM3.3mil, believed to have been smuggled from a neighbouring country at Bukit Bunga in Tanah Merah.

Acting Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the seizure was made during a routine patrol by PGA7 members in the area on Sunday (July 17).

"During a patrol in the area, the team spotted two lorry drivers acting in a suspicious manner and trailed them for some time before stopping their vehicles.

"A search in the two lorries found several white sacks containing ladies handbags and shoes of various brands, believed to be imitation goods, worth RM119,400 and RM3.2mil, respectively,” he said in a statement Tuesday (July 19).

Muhamad Zaki said the driver of the two lorries, aged 30 and 31, were handed to police and the seized items, to the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, for further action. - Bernama