PASIR PUTEH: Contraband items worth more than RM667,000 have been seized in two operations by the Customs Department since March 27. As of Saturday, there were 33 arrests.
Customs deputy director-general (Enforcement and Compliance) Datuk Sazali Mohamad said the operations – codenamed Ops Badai and Ops Makmur II – were conducted in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang.
“Among the seized items were 3.4 million sticks of cigarettes worth more than RM597,000, firecrackers worth RM26,309 and rice worth more than RM8,770,” he told reporters at the Tok Bali Supply Base here on Saturday night, Bernama reported.
Sazali added that the tax on the seized goods was estimated at RM2.4mil.
