TAWAU: Sabah Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle in 10.79kg of drugs (methamphetamine) worth RM356,070 through the courier service at Jalan Bakau, here, on March 9.
Sabah Zone Customs Assistant Director Datuk Mohd Nasir Deraman said a team carrying out operations raided a premises between noon and 1pm, Monday, and found 10 packages containing drugs.
“The drugs were hidden among packed foodstuff and placed inside a courier box and labelled as angling items.
“The courier boxes containing the drugs are believed to have been brought from Kota Kinabalu via the land route,” he told a media conference here, Monday.
Meanwhile, Sabah Customs also foiled an attempt by a sawmill to export 101 pieces of teak wood via a container to India without a proper permit and using false declaration and seized the items together with the Sabah Forestry Department on Feb 23.
“When containers were screened at the Tawau Port, two of three containers contained suspicious items and did not look like items that were listed up in the Customs declaration form.
“Upon inspection, one container had 101 teak wood while another container contained 1,514 pieces of teak wood, all worth RM80,322.23.
Following the seizure of the items, Mohd Nasir said the department would be calling up the managers of the courier service company and the sawmill to assist investigations
Mohd Nasir said the department welcomed members of the public to contact the Customs Toll-free number 1-800-88-8855 or any Customs office nearby if they came across illegal activities in their respective areas.
He added that the identity of the informers would not be revealed.
