BATU PAHAT: Three Indonesian men were each sentenced to three years in prison by the magistrate's court today for smuggling more than three tonnes of untaxed tin ingots and tin powder into Malaysian waters.
Magistrate Mustaqim Sukarno handed down the sentence after the three men — Zulkifli, 46, Suhaimi, 30, and Basri, 45 — pleaded guilty to the charge.
The court also ordered the confiscation and forfeiture to the government of all seized items, including the boat, tin ingots and powder.
The trio had jointly transported 121 packages containing 3,004kg of untaxed tin ingots and powder, involving unpaid duties amounting to RM444,351.
