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KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Customs Department foiled three attempts to smuggle in four containers of contraband liquor worth RM1.41 million at the Sepanggar Port, here recently.
\nSabah Zone Customs assistant director-general Cheong Yu Min said the four containers were detained between Aug 11 and 17, with contraband liquor worth\u00a0RM278,064.53 while unpaid duty amounted to RM1.13 million.
\nHe said at 9.45am on Aug\u00a011, a team from the Kota Kinabalu enforcement unit stopped and inspected\u00a0a container and found\u00a018,235 litres of liquor worth RM69,458.88 and unpaid duty amounting to RM284,139.95.
\nOn Aug 16, at 9.05am, two containers containing liquor worth\u00a0RM145,570.37 and unpaid duty amounting to\u00a0RM594,410.86, were detained, he said in a statement, here today.
\nYu Min said on Aug 17, Sabah customs detained another container with 16,632 litres of contraband liquor worth RM63,035.28 and unpaid duty amounting to RM257,862,53.<\/p>\n
He said syndicates try\u00a0to smuggle in contraband liquor without paying tax by declaring such goods as different products, to fool the authorities.
\nThe case will be investigated under Section\u00a0135 (a) of the Customs Act\u00a01967.
\n— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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