Sarawak GOF nabs five, seizes contraband worth RM4.85mil


Handout collage photo showing the seized goods.

KUCHING: The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) has arrested five men and seized smuggled goods worth an estimated RM4.85mil in an operation codenamed Ops Taring Bravo.

Sarawak Brigade commander Senior Asst Comm Lim Bak Phai said the 11th Battalion's intelligence branch raided a premises in Bau on Monday (March 2) and detained five local men aged 23 to 52 for allegedly storing and smuggling goods without valid permits or documents.

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