Illegal trade: Illegal goods seized in various states/regions

Supervised by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee, action is being taken under the law against illicit trading across the nation.

During inspections on 19 June, the on-duty teams managed by the Customs Department nabbed four vehicles carrying 1,360 bags of Muyaw paddy (50 kilogrammes each) from China at the Mayanchaung permanent checkpoint, ten kinds of goods including 28 boxes of Printing machine parts from China from a container at the Myanmar Industrial Port, 49,729 kilogrammes of PVC coated copper wire from India from three containers at the Asia World Port Terminal container checkpoint and 20 kinds of goods including 24 sets of Mikro machine from Malaysia from luggage at the Yangon International Airport, two trucks heading to Yangon from Mandalay, carrying two kinds of goods including 330 kilogrammes of steel lunch box from China at the Ywathagyi Dry Port and an unregistered Toyota Mark II in South Okkalapa Township.

On 20 June, two kinds of goods including smuggled Exercise bikes that were piled up by the side of the road over the Sinphyu checkpoint in Muse township and an unregistered Shihuai three-wheel motorbike in Monywa Township were seized.

Therefore, 30 arrests (estimated value of 849 million Kyats) were made on 19th and 20th June, according to the committee.