UNDER the supervision of the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee, efforts to combat the illicit trade are continued effectively by the law.
On 6 December, the combined teams impounded five kinds of industrial materials and a kind of consumer goods valued at K592.588 million without official documents from 12 containers at the Asia World Port Terminal container checkpoint and an Isuzu Giga tractor head with a trailer (approximately K75 million) carrying a kind of consumer goods worth K30.686 million without official documents at the Ywathagyi Dry Port. The action was conducted per Customs procedures.
Additionally, the combined teams under the Mandalay Region Illegal Trade Eradication Task Force conducted inspections in the seizures of a Kyaw Kyar truck (approximately K25 million), travelling from Mandalay to Monywa, carrying three kinds of auto parts and seven kinds of consumer goods worth K21.645 million without official documents at the Yadanabon bridge (Mandalay), a Nissan Diesel tractor head with a trailer (estimated value of K81 million), travelling from Yangon to Mandalay, carrying two kinds of industrial materials valued at K95.854 million without official documents at the Myitnge checkpoint, a Nissan Diesel tractor head with a trailer (estimated value of K76 million) carrying six kinds of consumer goods worth K93.477 million without official documents in Patheingyi Township, two trucks (estimated value of K70 million) carrying 11 kinds of industrial materials valued at K68.697 million without official documents on the Kyaukse detour. The action was carried out according to Customs procedures.
The combined on-duty team nabbed a Sunlong bus (estimated value of K40 million), travelling from Taunggyi to Yangon, carrying two kinds of consumer goods worth K6.05 million without official documents at the 39th Milepost on Yangon-Mandalay expressway. The action was conducted following Customs procedures.
The Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee reported 23 arrests on 6 December, seizing goods worth approximately K1.275 billion.
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