GEORGE TOWN: This Chinese New Year will not start with a bang – at least not for the few people who were arrested by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department along with 1.6 tonnes of firecrackers.
Major haul: Hamisan showing the media some of the firecrackers seized during the raid. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
Penang Customs Department director Hamisan Kalip said three men who were in the midst of offloading the firecrackers from a lorry outside the premises were also arrested during the operation. If convicted, it provides for a fine of not less than 10 times the value of the goods or RM50,000, whichever is the greater amount, and not more than 20 times the value of the goods or RM500,000, whichever is greater, a jail term not exceeding five years, or both.
“A false declaration was made, listing it as five separate parts of yet-to-be-assembled cooking stoves to avoid taxation.
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