The Customs Department has crippled an electronic waste (e-waste) smuggling syndicate with the seizure of eight containers valued at an estimated RM2.15mil in a raid at North Port on Feb 3, The Star newspaper reported
Its Pahang director, Mohd Asri Seman, said the operation was carried out following intelligence gathered by the department’s Bentong Enforcement Division in collaboration with the Selangor Department of Environment.
He said the eight 40-foot containers, imported from Canada (five containers), Spain (two) and Croatia (one), were seized at the CP-Hold Yard at North Port.
“The seizure involved about 186,737 kilogrammes of e-waste, with an estimated value of RM2,152,476. The shipment is believed to have been imported without a permit and falsely declared in the customs documentation,” he said.
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