Kota Kinabalu: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) busted an operation allegedly misappropriating subsidised cooking oil and coarse granulated sugar at a house in Taman Hings, Jalan Kobusak, on Sunday.
A Sabah KPDN team raided the house at 7pm following public information regarding the sale of controlled goods in large quantities and at unreasonable prices through social media platforms.
State KPDN Director Georgie Abas said officers went undercover in the operation dubbed Op Tiris by posing as customers who were instructed to come to the address by the seller given through WhatsApp.
“The raid was carried out immediately and 8,177kg of subsidised cooking oil and 48kg of coarse granulated sugar were found stored at the house’s porch and living room.
“The goods were confiscated for further investigation as the keeper failed to show any documents or permission to buy and store the controlled items,” he said in a statement.
Georgie said the total value of the seizure amounted to RM20,579 and a 27-year-old local caretaker of the premises was detained.
“The case will be investigated under Section 21 of the Supply Control Act 1961 for possessing controlled goods with the intention of committing an offence,” he added.
Georgie said KPDN Sabah will continue to carry out continuous inspections and monitoring to prevent any form of misappropriation of controlled goods.
