200,000 litres of contraband beer seized before CNY


BUTTERWORTH: Out to make a fast buck, smugglers tried to bring in almost 200,000 litres of contraband beer through Port Klang, Selangor, for Chinese New Year.

Most were in 500ml cans with the alcohol content listed from 12% to 16%. Typically, legal beer in Malaysia has only 5% alcohol.

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