BUTTERWORTH: Five shipping containers declared to be carrying electronic components were instead found to contain about RM5.3mil worth of copper scrap during a Customs Department inspection at the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT).
Penang Customs Department director Datuk Rohaizad Ali said enforcement officers found shreds and tubes of copper, as well as heaps of printed circuit boards (PCB), weighing a total of 125 tonnes when they opened the containers.
