PASIR MAS: The General Operations Force (GOF) here seized about RM3.6 million worth of smuggled items and vehicles during the two weeks Ops Wawasan along the Kelantan/Thai border.
GOF Eighth Battalion assistant commander Deputy Superintendent Ramesh K. Krishnan said the items include contraband and drugs and were seized between May 26 and June 6.
During the same period, he said 111 men and 11 women were also arrested for possession of the smuggled items.
"Since the battalion took over Ops Wawasan on May 26, we recorded 29 smuggling cases with the arrest of 122 people.
"Besides the smuggled items, we also seized 23 vehicles used in the illegal activities," he said in a statement.
Ramesh said the seizure was made at several locations and illegal jetties along the border areas.
In another development, he said the battalion detained a lorry driver and seized 718 bottles of cough mixture here recently.
He said the lorry driver was nabbed in an operation at Kampung Tasek Hulu on June 5.
"The man was arrested in possession of the cough mixture believed to contain codeine worth more than RM7,000," he added.