The combined on-duty teams under the Mandalay Region Illegal Trade Eradication Task Force seized 4,320 bottles of Justus beer, 4,824 bottles of Maximus beer, and 750 cartons of Esse cigarettes, estimated at a value of K28.44 million, at a warehouse in Amarapura township on 20 November. The action was taken under Customs procedures.
Additionally, the joint team confiscated 60 bottles of Two-Shrimp palm oil (one litre) worth K330,000 in Pakokku township, a total of 1.268 tonnes of illegal teak, and 0.505 tonnes of other timber valued at K138,232 in Minbu district. They also seized a Nissan Diesel truck (estimated value of K35 million) heading to Yangon from Myawady, carrying 1,500 kilogrammes of toys worth K2.25 million without official documents near Kamawkasin village in Hpa-an township. The actions were taken under the Essential Supplies and Services Law, the Forest Law, and Customs procedures.
On the same day, the Customs on-duty teams confiscated 12 rolls of tipping paper estimated to be worth K1.3 million, which were not declared in the Import Declaration (ID), from a container at the Asia World Port Terminal container checkpoint. They also seized two kinds of goods worth K16.737 million, including 50 Yokoshima water pumps without an Import Licence, from a container at the Hteedan checkpoint, and two types of goods valued at K56.575 million, including 1,008 boxes of Mydot tablets without an Import Licence at the Yangon International Airport (Import Desk). Another Nissan Diesel truck (approximately worth K25 million), headed to Yangon from Myawady, carrying two kinds of goods worth K6.24 million, including 480 boxes of Khian Guan that were not declared in the ID, was seized at the Mayanchaung permanent checkpoint. The actions were taken under Customs procedures.
A total of 12 arrests were made on 20 November, with an estimated value of K206,086,954, as reported by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee. — MNA/MKKS
