Malaysia: JKDM thwarted an attempt to smuggle in wine worth RM490,650

KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Sarawak successfully foiled an attempt to bring in liquor believed to be various brands of wine worth RM490,650 on April 17. Sarawak Customs Director Norizan Yahya said the operation in collaboration with the Sarawak Risk Zone acted to detain a container at Port Senari for inspection. According to him, the results of the inspection have found boxes containing 12,850 bottles of wine believed to be trying to be smuggled in for the market in the state. "A close physical inspection of the contents of the container, the team found boxes containing bottles of various brands containing liquids suspected to be wine-type liquor. "While the results of the inspection of the supporting documents and electronic pledge forms found that the goods were not pledged correctly as stipulated and there were also some goods that did not have Movement Limit Approval as stipulated for liquor products," he said in a statement. today. He added that the ...