Illegal trade: Timbers, mobile phones, vehicles confiscated

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

On 13 and 14 November, a combined team led by the Myanmar Police Force confiscated consumer goods and foodstuffs without official documents in Sagaing Township and two unregistered motorbikes in Indaw township.

A combined team captured foodstuffs without official documents from a Foton truck heading from Lashio to Mandalay at 17/3 Milepost on Pyin Oo Lwin-Mandalay road and 150 bags of fertilizer without official documents from a Nissan UD car at the 16-Mile Kyaukchaw Checkpoint.

On 14 November, an on-duty team seized 34 old mobile phones hidden in luggage, without official documents at the Yangon International Airport Warehouse. An inspection team captured consumer goods that exceeded the Import Declaration (ID) from a Cheng Long tractor head with a trailer in front of the Bago Industrial Zone on Myawady-Hpa-an-Yangon Road.

The 4-Mile Forest Combined Inspection Team of Taunggyi township confiscated consumer goods and foodstuffs that were not declared in the Import Declaration (ID) from a Mitsubishi Fuso car.

On 15 November, the Kawkareik (Tadakyoe) Combined Checkpoint seized 50 cartons of vermicelli (Blue) from a vehicle heading from Myawady to Yangon. A total of 19.75 tonnes of illegal teak was captured in Bago and Toungoo districts.

Therefore, 23 arrests at an estimated value of 243.647 Kyats were made on three consecutive days from 13 to 15 November, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.