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PUTRAJAYA: The Customs Department will roll out more scanners equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and prevent smuggling at entry points.
Customs Department assistant director general (enforcement) Ribuan Abdullah (pic) said 40 scanners would be placed at strategic locations at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport(KLIA), Kedah, Perlis, Perak, Penang, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak.
"These scanners will be completely operational by the end of May this year," he told reporters at the Customs Department Headquarters on Tuesday (April 30).
He explained that the AI technology would assist his personnel in analysing images taken during the scanning process, which could help detect smuggling activities.
He said the department has been using the AI equipped scanners since the end of last year at KLIA.
"These scanners have shown good results, and we have made several arrests and seizures, especially on drug smuggling attempts at KLIA because of it," he said.
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