Friday, 19 Feb 2021 09:02 AM MYT
The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said the risk of illegal substances being smuggled in cargoes was high due to the large daily cargo entry volume as well as limited mechanism to detect and prevent such smuggling by importers. “To overcome this, we need to use appropriate, sophisticated and effective tactical detection instruments to enhance the capacity and impact of the detection of cargoes declared through major ports in Sarawak,” she said in a statement issued following her visit yesterday.
The sources included passenger baggage, packages and parcels posted using courier services, and cargoes going through cargo centres at main airports and ports in the state.