Customs to deploy AI scanners to combat smuggling at entry points

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PUTRAJAYA: The Customs Department will roll out more scanners equipped with artificial intelligence to detect and prevent smuggling at entry points.) said 40 scanners would be placed at strategic locations at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kedah, Perlis, Perak, Penang, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak.

"These scanners will be completely operational by the end of May this year," he told reporters at the Customs Department Headquarters on Tuesday . He explained that the AI technology would assist his personnel in analysing images taken during the scanning process, which could help detect smuggling activities."These scanners have shown good results, and we have made several arrests and seizures, especially on drug smuggling attempts at KLIA because of it," he said.

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