KOTA BARU – The Ninth Battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF9) seized various types of vape devices and liquid worth RM310,360 at the Awang Bunga illegal jetty near Kg Limau Purut, Tanah Merah, 49km from here yesterday.
GOF9 commanding officer Nor Azizan Yusof said dozens of boxes of the items were found hidden in bushes on the bank of Sg Golok during a patrol by the intelligence branch of GOF9 at 6am, after a public tip-off.
“The team monitored the area for half an hour, but no one turned up to retrieve the items.
“Subsequent inspection found that the boxes contained 809 devices for vape smoking and 2,780 vials of vape liquid, believed to be for smuggling to Thailand,” he said in a statement today.
He said a police report on the discovery had been lodged at the Lalang Peluru police station in Tanah Merah.
“The vape devices will be surrendered to the Royal Malaysian Customs Department for investigation under Section 135(1) of the Customs Act 1967, while the vape liquid will be handed over to the Health Ministry for investigation under Section 13(a) of the Poisons Act 1952,” he said. – Bernama, April 12, 2021
