ALOR STAR: Kedah Customs Department seized RM52,000 worth of smuggled liquor with unpaid tax amounting to RM192,433 at four locations in Ipoh, Perak. “We arrested a man there and following that, we picked-up three others in nearby area and seized 250 cartons of liquor also in a lorry. “Based on information we received from the men, we identified two vacant houses used as storage facilities for the smuggled items,” he said today. Johari said 180 cartons of liquor were seized at a house in Taman Rasi Jaya and 225 cartons found at another house in Taman Pengkalan. If found guilty, the four men can be fined a maximum of 20 times the value of the smuggled items, or face three years imprisonment, or both.

Source: New Strait Times December 04, 2017 09:45 UTC