Illegal trade: Timbers, foodstuffs, unregistered motorbikes seized

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

On 5 July, an on-duty team made inspections at the container checkpoint of Htidan Port Container Terminal according to information. Officials confiscated over 60,000 kilogrammes of cashew nuts that were reported by the owner to abandon because the P.R.A Test Risk Analysis certification was not available from another country.

On 7 July, a patrol team made inspections at Yepu Permanent Checkpoint of Shan State under Customs Procedures and captured ceramic bowls that exceeded the Import Declaration (ID) from a truck heading from Muse to Mandalay Township.

On 8 July, an unregistered a Canda 125 motorbike and an unregistered Scoopy motorbike were captured in Shwebo township. Therefore, four arrests estimated at 103.90 million Kyats were made on 5, 7 and 8 July, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.