Five battalions inspect, raid 29 locations, over 15,000 cigarette cartons, 85,000 litres of liquor seized

KUCHING, July 14 — The Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (GOF) seized contraband worth RM1.6 million in six raids conducted under Operation Taring in several districts in the state over five days.

KOTA BHARU, July 10 — The General Operations Force’s (GOF) Battalion 7 seized a total of 57,780 units of electronic cigarette (vape) devices in various flavours suspected of not complying with Malaysian standards in an operation in Kampung Gelang Mas, near Pasir Mas, yesterday.

KOTA BHARU, July 9 — The General Operations Force (GOF) Southeast Brigade seized contraband cigarettes valued at RM2.12 million during three separate raids conducted under Op Taring Alpha 1 in Tumpat from Sunday (July 6) to yesterday.

KUCHING, July 7 — The General Operations Force's (GOF) Sarawak brigade seized various goods worth RM1.16 million under Op Taring Awas and Op Batas held at multiple locations in the south of the state recently.

KOTA BHARU, July 3 — The General Operations Force (GOF) thwarted illegal gold mining activities in Kampung Pulai, Gua Musang, Kelantan, with the seizure of assets and equipment worth over RM1 million during Operasi Bersepadu Khazanah yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) seized goods worth more than RM10 million in an integrated operation to combat the smuggling of cigarettes and liquor in Kuching, Sarawak, yesterday.

KUCHING, June 30 — The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) recorded seizures worth RM5,497,813 from four operations carried out last week, involving illegal logging, liquor, diesel, and drugs.

BUTTERWORTH, June 17 — The General Operations Force (GOF) has seized 9,053 boxes of firecrackers worth RM8.16 million and detained a man during a raid on a warehouse in the Seberang Perai Tengah industrial area earlier today.

BATU GAJAH, June 17 — The General Operations Force (GOF) Northern Brigade has arrested five Myanmar nationals at a factory in the Lahat Industrial Area, believed to be involved in unlicensed electronic waste (e-waste) recycling activities, with the total value of the seizure estimated at RM111.4 million.

KOTA BHARU, June 10 — The Kelantan police will increase the number of undercover intelligence officers in the border area soon to combat cross-border crime that continues to occur despite tightened security controls.

KUANTAN, 27 May — The Southeast Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF), in collaboration with the Forestry Department, has seized timber and related goods worth over RM97 million following 32 raids on sawmills in Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang between February 11 and May 20.

KUCHING, May 27 — The Sarawak Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) detained 16 men and seized more than RM6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and alcohol in coordinated raids across the state on May 22, as part of ‘Op Taring Alpha’.

KUANTAN, 27 May — The Southeast Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF), in collaboration with the Forestry Department, has seized timber and related goods worth over RM97 million following 32 raids on sawmills in Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang between February 11 and May 20.

KUCHING, May 27 — The Sarawak Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) detained 16 men and seized more than RM6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and alcohol in coordinated raids across the state on May 22, as part of ‘Op Taring Alpha’.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — The police have detained 14 men in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Penang as part of coordinated operations targeting the illegal production and distribution of ketum leaves and water.

IPOH, June 3 — A Basic Course of General Operations Force (GOF) Series 1/2024 participant at the Ulu Kinta GOF Training Centre, near here, died yesterday without regaining consciousness, after collapsing on Thursday (May 30) from suspected heat stroke.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (KDNKA) recorded a total of RM979.89 million worth of seizures via various operations to crack down on smuggling and misappropriation of controlled and subsidised goods last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Three policemen believed to be from the General Operations Force (GOF) Central Brigade were arrested on suspicion of stealing RM85,000 from a business premises during an integrated operation in Jalan Silang last Thursday (December 14).

KUCHING, Oct 21 — The Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (GOF) seized 657,050kg of frozen food products without permits, valued at RM13.3 million, and detained two local men aged 55 and 70, during Op Taring Bravo yesterday.