KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (Bernama) – Police seized contraband cigarettes and liquor worth over RM400,000, along with a Ball Python snake, during a raid on a grocery shop in Kulim, Kedah last Thursday.
Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (JKDNKA) director Datuk Seri Azmi Abu Kassim said the 11 am operation, carried out by the Wildlife Crime Bureau / Special Intelligence Investigation (WCB/PSK), led to the arrest of a 35-year-old local man believed to be the shop owner.
"The items seized included 118,520 sticks of untaxed cigarettes, 333 bottles and cans of alcoholic beverages, one Ball Python snake, 62 cylinders of subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and RM35,000 in cash. The total value of the seizure is estimated at RM416,668," he said in a statement today.
Azmi said the suspect is being investigated under Section 135(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1967, Section 29(1) of the Minor Offences Act 1955, Section 60(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716), and Section 16 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961.
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