Perak: Enforcement officers from the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) seized 225 LPG cylinders and two lorries worth about RM466,895 in raids at Zarib Industrial Park and Tanjung Malim yesterday. Perak KPDN director Datuk Kamalludin Ismail stated that the confiscated items included 14 LPG cylinders with a 50-kilogramme (kg) capacity, 171 cylinders of 14 kg, and 40 cylinders of 12 kg, all obtained during the Ops Gasak raids.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Kamalludin revealed that the LPG cylinders were stored at two premises without valid permits from the Controller of Supplies. ‘In the first raid at about 11.30 am in Tanjung Malim, an enforcement team from the Tapah KPDN branch found a property being used as an LPG storage facility without the required authorisation to store controlled items,’ he said.

The second raid took place at 1 pm at a food processing factory in Zarib Industrial Park, where it was discovered that LPG was being used without a valid licence or permit. Kamalludin mentioned that two men, aged 41 and 49, along with a 28-year-old woman, were arrested during the raids to assist with the investigation.

The cases are currently being investigated under the Control of Supplies Act 1961 and the Control of Supplies Regulations 1974.