Beer, liquor and cigarettes worth millions seized in Sarawak’s biggest smuggling bust

SIBU: Millions of ringgit worth of beer, liquor and cigarettes  have been seized in Sarawak’s biggest anti-smuggling bust.

45 containers of contraband were seized from a barge which had berthed at a private jetty here by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM). 400 boxes of hard liquor were also seized from a warehouse near the jetty.

Seven crew members of the barge, aged between 20 to 45, were detained. A local was also picked up from the warehouse. They will all assist investigations into the case.

Customs director-general Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy said the seizure was made during an operation at 11.30am on Sept 5 on a barge, which had berthed at the jetty in Jalan Salim-Stabau here.

The raid on the barge yielded 45 containers. 44 of them contained assorted brands of beer worth RM2.42mil (with taxes of RM11.27mil payable), he detailed at a press conference on Friday (Sept 14).

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/09/14/beer-liquor-and-cigarettes-worth-millions-seized-in-sarawaks-biggest-smuggling-bust/