Malaysian man fined for smuggled alcoholic beverages in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 8 — A 42-year-old Malaysian man in Brunei was fined 7,000 Brunei dollars (US$5,225) for possessing smuggled alcoholic drinks, reported Xinhua quoting local media yesterday.

Brunei’s customs officers stopped a vehicle for inspection on Wednesday and discovered 192 cans of alcoholic beverages that had been brought into the country without proper authorisation, the local daily Borneo Bulletin reported.

The Magistrate’s Court of Brunei further ordered the confiscation of all seized beverages, which will be handed over to the government for destruction.