Pahang Customs foils bid to illegally offload tin ore, seizes RM4.1mil in goods


Pahang Customs director with photographs of the lorry and ship that were seized in the 2am raid. - Photo: Bernama

KUANTAN: The Customs Department in Pahang has successfully foiled an illegal attempt to offload tin ore for the first time, with the seized items, including tin ore, valued at RM4.1mil during a raid at a jetty near Rompin on March 11.

Pahang Customs director Mohd Asri Seman said that during the 2am raid conducted by the department's enforcement division, one local man and four Indonesian men, aged between 23 and 53 years old, were also arrested.

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