KOTA KINABALU: Untaxed cigarettes and alcoholic beverages were among the items worth millions seized in an anti-smuggling crackdown in two districts.
Marine police and Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) personnel raided an unregistered jetty at Sungai Seguntur, Sandakan at around 1.30am on Thursday (Sept 17).
Sabah Marine Police Region 4 commander Asst Comm Ahmad Amri Abd Rahman said they arrested a man and seized 1,820,000 smuggled cigarettes.
"A three-tonne lorry, a speedboat and three boat engines were also confiscated, making the total seized amount to RM2,564,000," he said in a statement.
Police were led to another boat hidden nearby storing 1,730,000 untaxed worth RM2,326,000.
ACP Ahmad Amri said another operation was conducted on Wednesday (Sept 16) on a warehouse in Kg Dambai, where police found 43,200 cans of alcoholic beverages worth RM478,506.
The total value of items seized in both operations was RM5.365mil, with all cases being investigated under the Customs Act 1967.
ACP Ahmad Amri said from January to Sept 15, 2026, they recorded a total of 61 cases under the Customs Act 1967, with seizures worth more than RM8.38mil and 40 arrests made.
