| By Malai FadleyRizal
A 36-year-old Security officer
at the Fisheries Department was imposed a $3,000 fine or 3
months jail in default for smuggling contraband items into the
Sultanate. The car in which he conveyed the items were ordered
to be forfeited and the items were to be destroyed by the
relevant authorities yesterday.
Kamsul bin Kurus was detained
by a group of Customs Officers after they were alerted by their
colleagues who were also conducting an operation at the vicinity
of Kg Bebuloh on February 6, 2003.
The officers found 480 cans of
Tiger beer in his car on that morning which was estimated at
$700 while customs duty due to be paid was $476.
Kamsul admitted during
investigations while being detained that the beer was his and
that it was for sale to his friends and some for own
consumption.
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