TUESDAY-4TH DECEMBER 2007-444 BOTTLES OF CONTRABAND BEER SEIZED

444 bottles of contraband beer seized; two nabbed
KOTA KINABALU:
Two local men were arrested by the marine police for having 444 bottles of contraband beer. City Marine Police Commanding Officer ASP Fauzi Ibrahim said the duo were nabbed at 6.45pm on Sunday after close monitoring by a team led by Chief Inspector Mohd Aris. The team stopped a white van and found 19 boxes containing 228 bottles of Carlsberg and 18 boxes containing 216 bottles of Tiger beer in the vehicle. The items have the ‘Duty Not Paid’ tag. “We believe the beer were smuggled in for distribution in the City,” Fauzi said, adding the case would be investigated under Section 135 of the Customs Act. Fauzi said although the amount of seized items was small, it showed that the marine police are always on the lookout for crime activities, including smuggling. “We hope the public would continue to provide us with information of illegal activities in and within their areas,” he said.