37 tonnes of e-waste seized at port

Digital graveyard: Inspectors looking through some of the electronic waste items, including keyboards, printers, remote controls and other discarded electrical items found inside one of two shipping containers seized during an inspection at Westport in Port Klang. — Photo courtesy of AKPS

PETALING JAYA: An inspection at Westport, Port Klang, uncovered 37 tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) concealed in two ­shipping containers that had been smuggled into the country using false customs declarations, says the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS).

Port Klang AKPS commander Deputy Comm Datuk Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said the seizure, which was made during an inspection at about 9am ­yesterday, focused on six containers that had earlier been detained by ­container scanning officers.