KUALA LUMPUR: Police and Customs officers seized liquor worth RM702,566 after uncovering the fraudulent use of tax stamps to evade excise duties.
The seizure was made during a joint operation involving Bukit Aman's Wildlife Crime Bureau/Special Investigation Intelligence (WCB/PSK) and the Kuala Lumpur Customs Department yesterday.
WCB/PSK commander Senior Assistant Commissioner Datuk Mohd Zaki Ashar said the operation, codenamed Op Taring Alpha 2, involved simultaneous inspections at a warehouse in Selangor and a business premises in Kuala Lumpur at 11.40am.
He said officers inspected five people comprising four Bangladeshi men and a local man.
