Perlis KPDN seizes 43,500 litres of diesel and cooking oil worth over RM220,000 in Padang Besar, detaining seven individuals in a smuggling crackdown.
PADANG BESAR: The Perlis Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has seized 43,500 litres of diesel worth RM124,410, believed to have been misappropriated for sale to foreign vehicles.
The seizure followed a joint operation with Putrajaya KPDN enforcement officers and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) at a premises in the Padang Besar Industrial Area.
“Further checks revealed three Thai-registered prime movers near a pump and skid tank,” said state KPDN director Rohaida Hassan.
Two of the lorries were found refilling diesel into their original and auxiliary tanks, while a locally registered lorry was refilling a skid tank.
The suspected modus operandi was to sell the diesel to foreign vehicles.
The two Thai-registered lorries, valued at RM400,000, were seized along with nine mobile phones, sales receipt books and a CCTV decoder.
Five Thai men and two locals, aged between 29 and 55, were detained for further investigation.
Rohaida said the operation was the result of two months of police intelligence gathering.
The case is being investigated under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961.
In a related development, the team also seized 8,500 packets and 2,520 kilogrammes of bottled cooking oil worth RM97,970 at the same premises.
Further checks found three local bonded lorries containing suspected cooking oil in five-litre bottles and one-kg polybags.
The packaging for the cooking oil was printed in Thai.
Investigations revealed the premises did not have a licence to store the cooking oil.
The three bonded lorries, valued at RM195,000, were also seized for further investigation.
That case is being investigated under Section 20(1) of the Control of Supplies Act 1961.
