Customs central zone II (Selangor) assistant director-general Norlela Ismail said the raids under Op Longkai 2024 were conducted in July and August.

The first case saw 11 imported vehicles of various makes worth RM3.69 million being seized, following raids on vehicle storage warehouses in Northport and Westports.

She said preliminary investigations revealed that the vehicles were imported from European and Asian countries and had been in storage for four years after the warehouse and the importer failed to get an import permit from the investment, trade and industry ministry.

“The importation of vehicles is only permitted with a licence from the ministry under Item 3, Part I, Second Schedule, Customs Order (Prohibition on Import) 2023,” she said at a press conference here.

Meanwhile, in a separate case, Norlela said customs confiscated four packages suspected to contain cannabis-type drugs weighing 1.76kg worth RM13,955 at the KLIA mail and courier centre.

She said the items were declared as “Chinese tea”, “Thai tea”, “premium Thai tea” and “souvenirs” to avoid being detected by customs.

Norlela said the case is being investigated for drug trafficking under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides for the death penalty, or life imprisonment and a minimum of 12 strokes of the rotan.

In a separate probe into three containers in Northport on Sept 2 and 4, customs found liquor worth RM1.15 million and liquid nicotine weighing 13,100kg worth RM1.31 million.

“The two items did not have the necessary import permits. The liquor was declared as ‘mirror cabinets’ and accessories, while the liquid nicotine was declared as disinfectant,” she said.

Norlela said customs also confiscated 934 television sets worth RM200,343 found in a container in Westports on Sept 5.