Illegal items confiscated including timbers, drugs, consumer commodities, foodstuffs and vehicles

Supervised by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee, action is being taken against offenders in illicit trading across the nation.
On 15 August, during the inspection made by combined teams under the management of the Customs Department, 8,250 bottles of Lipovitan-D energy drink made in Thailand (estimated value of K4.95 million) and a Sunlong bus (estimated value of K35 million) carrying these items from Mawlamyine to Yangon were confiscated at the Mayanchaung permanent checkpoint and three types of goods (estimated value of K16.7 million), including 299 thermos flasks without official documents, were seized from a passenger’s luggage at Yangon International Airport and action is being taken in accordance with customs procedures.
In addition, on 15 August, a combined team under the Bago Region Illegal Trade Eradication Special Task Force conducted an inspection near the intersection of Phayagyi and seized 5,000 bottles of Thailand-made Lipovitan-D energy drink, 360 cans of Ensure Gold Vanilla, and a vehicle that was driving from Mawlamyine to Mandalay including 10 20-kilogramme bags of Feline Pro cat feed (estimated value of K26.87 million) and two Yutong Buses and one Scania Bus carrying these products (estimated value of K220 million) were seized and action is underway according to customs procedures. Besides, 2.058 tonnes of illegal teak and 1.0726 tonnes of hardwood in Bago and Pyay districts, and another 0.579 tonne of other woods (estimated value of K2.619 million), and action is taken in accordance with Forest Law.
Also on 16 August, the inspection was carried out by the Mandalay Region Illegal Trade Eradication Special Task Force, and two products including 21,840 packs of Smile Tissue made in China (estimated value of K26.808 million) and one Mitsubishi Fuso Truck (estimated value of K30 million) were seized at the Kywetetson checkpoint, and two types of drugs (estimated value of K72,547,300), including 19,380 bottles of Merosafe Powder for Injection, an insecticide made in India, which could not be presented with official documents at the Kywetetson checkpoint, and these illegal items estimated value of K129,355,300 were seized and action is being taken in accordance with customs procedures.
Therefore, on 15 and 16 August, a total of 12 cases (estimated value of K435,504,534 were seized, according to the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee. — MNA/TKO