Illegal Trade: Illegal Timbers, Consumer Goods, Vehicles Confiscated

The effective action is being taken to prevent illegal trade under the law supervised by the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee. An on-duty team at the 16th mile Kyaukchaw  checkpoint captured 70 bags of fertilizers, 6,500 cartons of cigarettes, various consumer goods and 598 DLNA Chinese branded fixed phones from a passenger bus on 25 July.

A combined team under the supervision of the Taninthayi Region Anti-Illegal Trade Task Force confiscated illegal timbers from a wooden boat and related things southeast of Tartakyi  island in Kyunsu  Township on 26 July.

On 26 July, 100 gallons of illegal crude oil and related drilling materials were confiscated in Thayet Township. Afterwards, illegal teak and teak furniture was captured from a Toyota Probox in Hlegu Township in Yangon.

In addition, a patrol inspection team made inspections on the way out of Kengtung to Taunggyi and seized 65 cartons of engine oil in Kengphone  village.

On 27 July, a combined team captured 310 kilogrammes of mixed lead (metal) that were illegally carried by a vehicle heading from Pacari  village, Lakekyatpyoung  village-tract to Dawei Township. On 28 July, illegal teak was captured in Bago and Toungoo districts.

Similarly, construction materials that did not declare in the Import Declaration (ID) from a Cheng Long truck heading from Myawady to Bago Township and fabric and consumer goods from a Mitsubishi Fuso 12-wheel truck were confiscated near Phayagyi  Tollgate.

Therefore, 17 arrests (approximately 226.87 million Kyats) were made on four consecutive days from 25 to 28 July, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.