Illegal trade: Timbers, foodstuffs, electronics, goods seized

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

The on-duty team under the supervision of the Customs Department confiscated a DJI Phatom4 Drone without official documents from a suitcase at the Yangon International Airport on 15 September and China-made dried tea without official documents at the warehouse of Yangon International Airport on 20 September.

On 19 and 20 September, an on-duty inspection team nabbed steel pipes and 254 solar panels that exceeded the Import Declaration (ID) from two containers at the Myanmar International Terminals Thilawa (MITT), 40 Brand new car body fits (KIA brand) that did not match the Import Declaration (ID) from a container at Dry port (KM) Warehouse and 50 Roland AC Adaptors that were not declared in Import Declaration (ID) from a container at the Hteedan Container Checkpoint.

On 22 September, the Yadanabon Bridge Combined Checkpoint seized 250 bags of illegal charcoal. Afterwards, the combined inspection teams led by Bago Region Forest Department captured illegal timber in the Toungoo, Nyaunglebin and Nattalin districts.

An illegal timber was seized in Thandwe Township. Therefore, 12 arrests estimated at 298.778 million Kyats were made on 15, 19, 20 and 22 September, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.