Penang Customs foil municipal waste smuggling bid


Illegal haul: Rohaizad (centre) displaying some of the municipal solid waste imported by a local company from the United States. — Bernama

BUTTERWORTH: An attempt to smuggle two containers loaded with 40.25 tonnes of municipal solid waste was foiled at the North Butterworth Container Terminal.

The effort was a collaboration between the Penang Customs Department (JKDM) and the Environment Department.

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