Illegal trade: Industrial materials, motorbikes, vehicles confiscated

An effective action is being taken to prevent illegal trade under the law supervised by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee.  

A Toyota Regius delivery van carrying 1,560 boxes of Chaokoh coconut cream travelling from Hpa-an to Bago and a Nidi truck carrying two kinds of goods including 1,000 pairs of Adwalk child footwear slipper heading to Yangon from Myawady at the Mayanchaung permanent checkpoint, four kinds of goods including 104 iron rat trap cages from a container at the MITT port and 11 kinds of goods including a pneumatic cylinder, two kinds of goods including a connecting rod and two kinds of goods including four notchers at the Yangon International Airport (Import Desk), a Toyota HiAce car carrying 1,000 kilogrammes of shrimp near Thingannyinaung village over the Myawady Trade Zone, an unregistered Toyota Succeed car was captured at the corner of Yazadirit  Road and Kyansittha Road in Dagon Myothit (East) Township were captured on 22 June.

An unregistered Toyota Kluger car at the combined checkpoint in Shwebo township and an unregistered Yandand 125 motorbike in Htigyaing township were nabbed on 23 June. A total of 6.207 tonnes of illegal timbers was captured in Toungoo district and an unregistered Hijet car was nabbed near Pyinpongyi Tollgate at 52/0 Milepost on Yangon-Mandalay Road in Bago township were impounded on 24 June.

As a result, a total of 15 arrests were made on three consecutive days from 22 to 24 June, with an estimated value of 129.611 million Kyats as reported by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee.