Customs Dept: 1,856 smuggling activities, seizures worth RM350m foiled as of March

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Customs Department,Ribuan Abdullah

PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled 1,856 smuggling activities, involving various types of goods, with a tax value of RM350 million, as of March...

Customs assistant director-general Ribuan Abdullah speaks at a press conference at the Customs headquarters in Putrajaya, April 30, 2024. With him are JKDM Investigation Branch Enforcement director Mohd Yusdi Md Yusof and JKDM Investigation Branch Enforcement deputy director Zulkifli Muhammad.

He said that vehicle smuggling activities recorded the highest seizure value, of RM27.8 million, followed by contraband cigarettes , drugs , liquor and textiles . “With a scanning machine with AI technology, it helps us identify items more clearly, for example, what items are in the container. Image analysis from this machine is more specific,” he said.

He said that the department was also planning to procure a cargo scanning machine, equipped with a high-tech “multi-view dual energy drive through” inspection system, to curb smuggling activities at the entry and exit points of the country, especially in Port Klang, Selangor.

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