On 6 and 8 April, the Unregistered Vehicles Seizure Team of No 2 Traffic Police Force captured an unregistered Toyota Corolla car (estimated value of K3.5 million) near the traffic light of an industrial zone in Hlinethaya township and an unregistered Toyota Crown car (approximately K4.5 million) near Kyatbezey traffic light in Thingangyun township. The action was taken under the Law.
The on-duty teams confiscated 324 toy small remote control cars, 500 pairs of Orissa Pan including P Trap and 1,600 kilogrammes of PVC Edge Banding worth K8.61 million that were not declared in the Import Declaration (ID), 25 kinds of goods including 4,436 kilogrammes of porcelains, 47,891 kilogrammes of glassware worth K74,321,625 without import licences and eight kinds of goods including 828 kilogrammes of Varem Pressure Tank worth K40,937,910 that exceeded 61 days of VPA from eight containers at the Asia World Port Terminal container checkpoint on 6 and 7 April and 165,085 kilogrammes of galvanized sheet worth K225,341,025 from six containers that were to be cleared with forged port documents at the Myanmar Industrial Port Terminal container checkpoint on 8 April. The action was taken under Customs procedures.
In addition, on 8 April, an on-duty team at the Yepu permanent checkpoint in Shan State nabbed a total of 3.793 tonnes of illegal timbers worth K11,378,400 from a Hino Profia truck (estimated value of K35 million) heading to Muse from Mandalay. The action was taken under Customs procedures.
Similarly, on 8 April, an unregistered Mitsubishi car (approximately K3 million) was seized at the Koesu village checkpoint on Pathein- Yangon road in Pathein township. The action was taken under the Export and Import Law.
On 8 and 9 April, a total of 5.174 tonnes of illegal teak worth K1,853,256 in Ottwin, Toungoo and Paukkhaung townships and the action was taken under the Forest Law.
Therefore, 17 arrests (estimated value of K408,442,216) were made on four consecutive days from 6 to 9 April, according to the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee. — MNA/MKKS
