Sarawak GOF Seizes Smuggled Goods Worth RM1.16 Mln

KUCHING, July 7 (Bernama) -- The General Operations Force (GOF), Sarawak brigade seized various goods worth RM1.16 million under Op Taring Awas and Op Batas held at various locations in the south of the state recently.

Its commander, SAC Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang said that an operation on July 2 in Bau led to the arrest of a man, 25, along with 9,000 kilogrammes (kg) of frozen food worth RM522,000, and a lorry.

“On the same day, also in Bau, the GOF arrested a man, 52, and seized 6,500 kg of frozen food products worth RM367,000, including a lorry,” he said in a statement here today.

The GOF also arrested a man, 35, and seized 600 litres of diesel, three drums, a Toyota Hilux worth a total of RM136,728 in Serian on June 30 while a patrol in Tebedu last Saturday led to the discovery of a pile of boxes wrapped in black plastic containing 145 cartons of smuggled cigarettes with unpaid taxes worth an estimated RM78,300.

A man, 39, was also arrested on the same day in Tebedu, and 576 kg of sugar and a van with a total value of RM62,141.60, were seized.

-- BERNAMA