Illegal Trade: Timbers, Charcoal, Petroleum, Boats And Vehicles Confiscated

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

On 18 August, a Coast Guard patrol vessel 566 nabbed an illegal fishing boat and related materials about six miles northeast of Kyunpyagyi Island in the Kawthoung district.

On 21 August, a combined inspection team confiscated illegal teak in Kamma Township. Forty-eight gallons of crude oil were seized in Minhla Township. On 22 August, an on-duty team captured industrial material parts that had arrived 92 days before an approved licence and an X-ray machine and related materials that had arrived 65 days before an approved licence at the warehouse of Yangon International Airport. Illegal teak parquets from a Nissan AD Van car were confiscated in North Okkalapa Township.

On 23 August, a combined team led by the Myanmar Police Force captured 180 jerry cans of edible oil (made in Thailand) and 20 cartons of instant vermicelli packets from a Nissan car heading from Myeik to Mawlamyine. A combined on-duty team impounded foodstuffs that were not declared in the Import Declaration (ID) from a vehicle heading from Myawady to Yangon at Kawkareik (Tadakyoe) Combined Checkpoint and 800 pairs of lady shoes that exceeded the Import Declaration (ID) from a vehicle heading from Myawady to Yangon at the Thanlwin Bridge Combined Checkpoint. In addition, an inspection team confiscated 271 bags of charcoal that were illegally carried at the Yadanabon Bridge Combined Checkpoint.

On 24 August, a team led by the head of the Bago Township Customs Department captured foodstuffs without official documents from a Mitsubishi Fuso 12-wheel truck heading from Myawady to Yangon. Therefore, 20 arrests (approximately 176.68 million Kyats) were made on 18, 21, 22, 23 and 24 August, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.