Melaka Customs confiscates 264 electric bicycles imported without licence


MELAKA: The state Customs Department here confiscated 264 electric bicycles worth about RM743,000, including tax, which were imported without a valid licence at a vehicle supply company in the Tasik Utama Industrial Park at Ayer Keroh on Feb 27.

Melaka Customs director Norlela Ismail said the electric bicycles were seized after discovering that the import licence obtained by the company from the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry was declared as bicycle parts by the owner of the company involved in importing fully-assembled electric bicycles.

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