JKDM records seizure value of over RM160 million last month
KOTA KINABALU: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) seized various types of goods with a total value including tax reaching RM169.2 million throughout the past month, said its Director-General Datuk Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin. He said the amount was the result of successfully thwarting 646 attempts to smuggle and evade duties and customs taxes throughout January this year. Anis Rizana said the five main seizures consisted of vehicles worth RM65.26 million, cigarettes (RM38.68 million), other commodities (RM31.41 million), liquor (RM25.31 million) and drugs (RM7.51 million). “The seized firecrackers and fireworks amounted to RM1.03 million,” he told reporters after the handover […]