Malaysian authorities are having a field day seizing illegal substances and contraband, with RM2.8 million worth of heroin consfiscated in a KL raid, and a whopping RM33 million worth of cigarettes lifted out of a ship docked in Miri.
The heroin was confiscated after a series of raids in Desa Melawati, where Bukit Aman’s Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (Sting) also arrested 22 Pakistani nationals.
The drugs were hidden in three containers holding animal feed in a shoplot located in the area.
Sting director Commissioner Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff told The Star Online‘s Farik Zolkepli that the containers were shipped into the country from Karachi, and were meant to be redistributed to drug markets in the West.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Mariteim Enforcement Agency (MMEA) scored a RM33 million seizure of contraband cigarettes from a cargo vessel detected 3.5 nautical miles off the coast of Miri last Tuesday.
The cargo represented RM4.8 million in unpaid taxes.
Sarawak MMEA director Ismaili Bujang Pit told The Star that the ship, operated by a Sarawakian and carrying six large freight containers, was registered in Sibu and had five Myanmar nationals as its crew.
The ship had no permits for the cigarettes it was transporting.
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