THE Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee supervises activities of effective preventing illegal trade and trafficking of smuggled goods under the law.

On 2 January, duty-assigned combined teams under Magway Region Illegal Trade Eradication Task Force seized 0.712 tonne of illegal timber worth K119,779 in Konzaung Village of Pwintbyu Township. On 4 January, a combined team under the management of the Customs Department impounded one intermediate goods worth K265.611 million without documents from three containers at Thilawa Port.

In Kayin State, a squad confiscated intermediate goods and personal goods worth K10 million carried by a Doh Shwe Myanmar Light Truck valued at K25 million without any documentation at Yethaya temporary checkpoint.

Likewise, a combined team nabbed personal goods worth K10 million without any documents piled on roadside on Kengtung detour near Kengphaung Village in Kengtung.

At Nyaungkhashay X-ray checkpoint in Bago Region, officials seized illegal foodstuffs worth K2.2 million carried by a King Long bus worth K20 million. Moreover, 200 tonnes of illegal charcoal, 1.409 tonnes of teak, 0.537 tonne of hardwood and 1.944 tonnes of other timber worth K2.23 million were confiscated in Bago, Nyauglebin and Thayawady districts.

Authorities seized illegal intermediate goods, foodstuffs, personal goods and timbers approximately K335.161 million from 2 to 4 January and action was taken against offenders under the law. — MNA/TTA

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