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A newly opened 900-metre border crossing between Kedah and Thailand's Sadao is dramatically improving cross-border trade efficiency, with lorry traffic surging and import-export values rising sharply within weeks.
The General Operations Force Battalion 4 has apprehended two individuals following the discovery of approximately 100 boxes of suspected contraband alcoholic beverages, which were in the process of being relocated between vehicles.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says the Malaysia-Thailand Border Economic Zone will give Malaysian exporters smoother access to Indochina markets. Bangkok has agreed to ease customs restrictions on fisheries and agricultural goods transiting through Thai territory.
Police arrested a 26-year-old man and seized RM6.19 million worth of frozen pork products lacking valid import permits during a warehouse raid in Miri, Sarawak, as part of intensified enforcement against illegal food smuggling.
Thai customs officers arrested a 30-year-old Russian man at Phuket International Airport on Wednesday after discovering 17.6 kilogrammes of cannabis hidden in two suitcases he was attempting to smuggle out of Thailand.