GOF foils bid to smuggle 33,000kg of white rice into Kelantan

GOF foils bid to smuggle 33,000kg of white rice into Kelantan

In a separate raid, 20 boxes of facial soap worth RM360,000 were seized from a car at the Lan Bundle illegal jetty in Rantau Panjang.

The 660 sacks of white rice were found in a trailer near a school close to Jeli in Kelantan yesterday. (PGA pic)
PETALING JAYA:
The General Operations Forces have seized 33,000kg of white rice, believed to have been smuggled from Thailand into Kelantan yesterday.

GOF’s Southeast Brigade commander Nik Ros Azhan Ab Rahman said a trailer carrying 660 sacks of rice was stopped in front of a school near Jeli, Kelantan, at 12.45am during Op Taring Bravo 4, Harian Metro reported.

“The seized goods have been handed over to the Kelantan branch of the National Rice Regulatory Division for further action. The case is being investigated under Section 20 of the Control of Padi and Rice Act 1994 (for unlawful possession of padi orrice),” he was quoted as saying.

In a separate raid on Wednesday, GOF’s Battalion 8 seized 20 boxes of Diamond Gold facial soap worth RM360,000 from a car at the Lan Bundle illegal jetty in Rantau Panjang during Op Taring Wawasan.

Nik Ros said the 18-year-old driver was suspected of delivering the products to the local market.

The case is being investigated under Section 7(1)(E) of the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984.

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