RANTAU PANJANG: A 17-year-old youth was arrested with 158 smuggled ornamental plants worth about RM80,000 here yesterday.He was driving a car when the General Operations Force personnel detained him at Lan Bundle illegal jetty.
GOF Southeast Bridage commander Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abd Hamid said the suspect was arrested at about 11.30am.
"The GOF personnel were on their routine operation when they spotted a car suspected to be used in smuggling activities.
"They then ordered the driver to stop the car and found the plants worth nearly RM80,000. "They were believed to have been smuggled from Thailand," he said.
In a separate case, a man was detained for possession of 1,650kg of smuggled rice worth about RM6,600 yesterday.
Ros Azhan said the 31-year-old suspect was arrested in a raid on a store in Kota Baru at about 5am.