Customs Officials Foil Biggest Haul Of Illegal Goods
By M K Anwar & Lyna Mohammad

Bandar Seri Begawan – Big time booze smugglers are on the run again as Customs and Religious Affairs officials are closing in on them.

Hot on the heels of a recent liquor bust, BSB and Kuala Belait Customs Enforcement Officers together with officers from the Board of Issuing Halal Import Permits Section, Ministry of Religious Affairs, again succeeded, this time in a big way, in stopping the influx of alcohol and dubious meat into the country. b

A total of 32 officers from both the Preventive and Intelligence Section of the Royal Customs and Excise Department and the Board of Issuing Halal Import Permits Section initiated an operation called 'Tegas III' in the Sungai Liang area around 1.30 am Tuesday.

During the operation, they confiscated a total of 840 tins of Tiger Beer, 312 bottles of White Wine, 504 kg of chicken wings and 540 kg of meat. This was by far the biggest haul of illegal goods seized this year.

The goods were reportedly smuggled from the neighbouring country using a boat and were loaded into two cars waiting at the beach. Wary enforcement officers, who had been monitoring the area, stopped one of the cars as it was leaving the beach.

The officers then noticed another person who had just finished loading the illegal goods into his car, but he quickly took to his heels leaving his car behind.

Officers who inspected both cars found the illegal items in the boot and the back of the vehicles.

A 34-year-old foreigner is currently being questioned by the authorities in connection with the smuggling activity.

The Preventive and Intelligence Section of the Royal Customs and Excise said it welcomes anyone with information on any illegal smuggling activity to call the Customs hotline at 2382422 or 8714422. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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