A total of 16.079 tonnes of illegal teak and 11.483 tonnes of other woods valued at K16,281,792 in Labutta District, 1.546 tonnes of illegal timbers worth K125,400 in Pathein District and 4.867 tonnes of illegal timbers and a water pump worth K440,704 in Pyapon District were seized on 14 November. The action was taken under the Forest Law.

During the inspections on 17 November, combined teams nabbed five ONDA motherboards without CPUs and 130 computer monitors valued at K16.1 million that were smuggled and piled up by the side of road beyond Sinphyu checkpoint in Muse Township, an unregistered Toyota Mark II (approximately worth K6 million) and an unregistered Royal Enfield motorbike (estimated value of K3 million) that were parked on the detour of Moppalin-Suppanu-Ingabo and a Mitsubishi Fuso truck (estimated value of K30 million), headed to Yangon from Mawlamyine, carrying two kinds of goods worth K2.7 million, including 4,500 bottles of M-150 energy drink without official documents, at the Mayanchaung permanent checkpoint. The action was taken under the Customs procedures.

A total of 13.78 tonnes of illegal teak and 14.954 tonnes of illegal timbers worth K7,014,946 were confiscated in Toungoo, Pyay and Thayawady districts on 18 November. The action was taken under the Forest Law.

A total of 10 arrests were made on 14, 17 and 18 November, with an estimated value of K81,662,842, as reported by the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee.

MNA/ MKKS

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