IPOH: Controlled goods worth nearly RM11,000 were seized by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) in a raid at a premises in Kuala Sepetang, Taiping, yesterday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the ministry’s Perak enforcement director, Datuk Kamalludin Ismail, stated that the goods were confiscated after a 79-year-old local man, who claimed ownership of the premises, was unable to present the necessary storage permit as mandated under the Control of Supplies Act 1961.

The items seized included 104 tanks of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), 19 bottles of cooking oil, cooking oil in packets totaling 40 kilogrammes, 132 kg of sugar, and 396 kg of wheat flour, with a total value of RM10,935.70, as detailed in a statement released today.

Kamalludin Ismail issued a warning to traders dealing with scheduled controlled goods, such as sugar, cooking oil, wheat flour, and LPG gas, emphasizing the importance of obtaining storage permits to prevent enforcement action by KPDN.