SANDAKAN: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry busted a subsidised cooking oil syndicate following the seizure of 4,400 kilogrammes of the oil in a raid at Batu 9, near here, yesterday.
The ministry's Sandakan head Azdy Zukkry John said initially, the enforcement team did not find the site of the syndicate's operation but after trailing several lorries, the team found the location near two garbage disposal sites.
"We believe that after they (the syndicate) cut the plastic bags (subsidised cooking oil), the boxes and plastic bags will be burned to eliminate the evidence," he told reporters at the site today.
Azdy Zukkry said a local man, in his 50s, was arrested in the 2pm raid.
He said the case was investigated under Section 21 of the Supply Control Act 1961. – BERNAMA