UNDER the supervision of the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee, efforts to combat the illicit trade are continued effectively by the law.
On 1 and 2 May, the combined teams impounded 19 vehicles, travelling from Tachilek to Taunggyi, carrying 65 kinds of industrial materials, 26 kinds of consumer goods and a kind of foodstuff without official documents valued at K600.823 million in Hopong Township, a Toyota Noah (estimated value of K35 million), heading to Mandalay from Monywa, carrying a kind of consumer goods valued at K1.56 million without official documents at the Yadanabon bridge (Mandalay) checkpoint, two vehicles (estimated value of K74 million), heading to Mandalay from Taunggyi, carrying 14 kinds of consumer goods worth K23.383 million without official documents and five trucks (approximately K187 million) carrying 41 kinds of industrial materials worth K337.413 million without official documents at the Htonbo (7th-mile) checkpoint. The action was conducted as per Customs procedures.
Similarly, the combined on-duty teams nabbed a kind of industrial materials valued at K13.5 million without official documents from a warehouse by the side of Kawkareik-Myawady Asia Highway, three kinds of industrial materials worth K203.018 million without official documents from six containers at the Myanmar Industrial Port, five kinds of consumer goods worth K2.132 million without official documents from a passenger at the Yangon International Airport and a Yutong bus (approximately K50 million), travelling from Hpa-an to Mandalay, carrying five kinds of foodstuffs worth K5.05 million without official documents at the Nyaungkhashay xray station. The action was taken following Customs procedures.
In additionally, the combined teams seized a kind of foodstuffs worth K9.69 million without official documents from a warehouse in Inlaymyaing Industrial Zone in Myeik Township and five vehicles (approximately K355 million) carrying 16 kinds of industrial materials and four kinds of consumer goods valued at K138.418 million without official documents near the Milepost Zero and 26/4 on the expressway. The action was taken in line with Customs procedures.
The Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee reported 74 arrests on 1 and 2 May, seizing illegal goods worth approximately K2.985 billion. — MNA/MKKS
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