SEMENYIH: Police have seized three containers laden with untaxed cigarettes and beer worth about RM20mil in separate raids in Shah Alam and Klang. “In the first raid at 4.13pm Tuesday, two container lorries were stopped on a road in Section 33, Shah Alam. "Upon inspection, 87,150 cartons of cigarettes with the duty unpaid were found. “The unpaid tax on the seized cigarettes is estimated at RM12mil,” he told a press conference here on Wednesday (Aug 25). Zainal Abidin said further investigation led police to a warehouse in Kapar, Klang, at 5.18pm the same day where another container lorry laden with 1,295 cartons of beer worth RM1.4mil, with unpaid tax amounting to RM1.4mil, were found and seized.

Source: The Star August 25, 2021 08:15 UTC