Customs dept seizes rice, liquor worth over RM2.09mil

PETALING JAYA: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs) has foiled three smuggling activities involving rice and liquor, with a total value of more than RM2.09mil, in several raids conducted in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in September and October.

Customs Central Zone assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said that the department also arrested five individuals who acted as agents, warehouse keepers and lorry drivers through raids based on intelligence from the operations team from the Central Zone Enforcement Division Unit 1 for a month.