Illegal trade: Illegal timbers, bicycle parts, vehicles confiscated

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

On September 15, under the instructions of the Customs Department, the on-duty teams confiscated bicycle parts that were not declared in the Import Declaration (ID) at the Hteedan container checkpoint, optical fibre cable and fabric that were not matched the Import Declaration (ID) from two containers at the Myanmar Industrial Port Container Checkpoint and lawn mower parts from a vehicle and a trailer near the Shwethanlwin Tollgate on the Myawady-Hpaan-Yangon Road.

On 17 September, a combined inspection team led by the Bago Region Forest Department captured illegal teak in the Bago and Nattalin districts. Similarly, an inspection team led by the Myanmar Police Force seized an unregistered Toyota Passo car on Bayintnaung road of Pyay Township and the action was taken under the Export and Import Law.

Therefore, nine arrests approximately 196.80 million Kyats were made on 15 and 17 September, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.