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

On 13 October, a combined inspection team led by the Yan­gon Region Anti-Illegal Trade Task Force inspected a ware­house at the Hlinethaya Indus­trial Zone 3, according to infor­mation, and captured a total of 33.149 tonnes of edible oil worth K62,930,000 without official doc­uments. The action was taken under the Customs Procedures.

On 14 October, an on-duty team under the management of the Customs Department conducted inspections at the Myanmar Industrial Port Con­tainer Checkpoint and confis­cated K6,652,924 worth of clear float glasses that exceeded the Import Declaration (ID) from a container. The action was taken under the Customs Procedures.

Similarly, the Myawady (OSS) Trade Zone nabbed K7,140,000 worth of 4,000 kilo­grammes of galvanized steel pipes that exceeded the Import Declaration (ID) from a vehicle. The action was taken under the Customs Procedures.

On 15 October, Myanmar Police Force seized an unreg­istered ANBO motorbike (es­timated value of K250,000) in Shwebo township and the action was taken under the Export and Import Law.

A combined inspection team confiscated 50 cartons of duty-free Benson cigarettes worth K50 million from a Nis­san car (estimated value of K28 million) at the Kyeye Combined Checkpoint of Monywa township and the action was taken under the Customs Procedures.

Afterwards, a total of 39.9942 tonnes of illegal timbers worth K15,136,054 was captured in the Toungoo, Nyaunglebin and Thayawady districts and the ac­tion was taken under the Forest Law.

Therefore, nine arrests (ap­proximately K170,108,978) were made on three consecutive days from 13 to 15 October, according to the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee.

MNA