PUTRAJAYA,\u00a0 June 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) —\u00a0The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has foiled an\u00a0attempt\u00a0to smuggle\u00a099,120 litres of liquor worth\u00a0RM597,000, with duties estimated at\u00a0RM3.17 million, hidden in seven containers in Northport, Port Klang, Selangor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Customs deputy director-general (Enforcement and Compliance) Datuk Johari Alifiah, in a statement today, said the 40-foot containers arrived at the port on June 6 without proper import declaration for the goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the bill of lading and shipping manifest declared the goods as packaging bags, plastic bottles, double-sided tapes, belts and cups which were imported from an East Asian country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, an inspection of the containers discovered cartons of beer, which were hidden behind other goods such as paper cups, plastic bags, paper rolls, prayers items and tabletops in a bid to avoid detection, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Johari, initial investigations also found that the importing company did not have a valid import permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn investigation on the importing company is being conducted to trace the culprit behind the syndicate. The shipping firm has been questioned to assist in the investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case is being investigated under the Customs Act 1967 and Excise Act 1976, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PUTRAJAYA,\u00a0 June 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) —\u00a0The Royal Malaysian Customs Department has foiled an\u00a0attempt\u00a0to smuggle\u00a099,120 litres of liquor worth\u00a0RM597,000, with duties estimated at\u00a0RM3.17 million, hidden in seven containers in Northport, Port Klang, Selangor. Customs deputy director-general (Enforcement and Compliance) Datuk Johari Alifiah, in a statement today, said the 40-foot containers arrived at the port on June 6 without proper import declaration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79589"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}