GOF arrests 1,733 people, seizes RM82.56m worth of goods in cross-border crime crackdown

TUMPAT, Nov 3 — The Southeast Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) recorded 1,493 cross-border crime cases between Jan 1 and Nov 1, with enforcement operations resulting in 1,733 arrests and seizures worth more than RM82.56 million.

Its commander Datuk Ahmad Radzi Hussain said the achievement demonstrated his personnel’s dedication and efficiency in carrying out enforcement duties aimed at safeguarding national security and sovereignty.

He said GOF had strengthened its intelligence capabilities and heightened personnel awareness of emerging threats, particularly the use of alternative routes and hidden locations by cross-border criminals seeking to evade detection.

“We cannot rely solely on conventional approaches or wait for threats to emerge before taking action. We must stay one step ahead by identifying changes in their patterns and modus operandi,” he told reporters after a handover of duties ceremony from the GOF 9th Battalion to the 7th Battalion for Ops Taring Wawasan Kelantan at the GOF Tactical Post in Pengkalan Kubor here yesterday.

Ahmad Radzi said each battalion must conduct assessments of its operational areas, identify high-risk locations and regularly update intelligence information to ensure operations focusing on prevention and risk assessment were carried out effectively.

On efforts to tackle illegal immigration, he said GOF operations went beyond making arrests to uncovering syndicate networks, those facilitating illegal crossings and individuals shielding the migrants’ movements from detection.

He said tackling the issue required a comprehensive and sustained preventive approach, including identifying high-risk areas, those involved and their modus operandi to curb such activities.

“As of yesterday, a total of 921 undocumented migrants of various nationalities had been detained, comprising 802 in Kelantan, 104 in Pahang and 15 in Terengganu,” he said. — Bernama

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敦帕特，11月3日讯——马来西亚普通行动部队（GOF）东南旅在1月1日至11月1日期间记录了1493起跨境犯罪案件，执法行动导致1733人被捕，缴获的赃物价值超过8256万令吉。

该部队指挥官拿督艾哈迈德·拉齐·侯赛因表示，这一成就证明了其人员在执行旨在维护国家安全和主权的执法任务方面的奉献精神和效率。

他表示，GOF 加强了情报能力，提高了人员对新出现的威胁的认识，特别是跨境犯罪分子为逃避侦查而使用替代路线和隐蔽地点的情况。

“我们不能仅仅依赖传统方法，也不能等到威胁出现才采取行动。我们必须通过识别其模式和行动方式的变化来保持领先一步，”他在昨天于彭加兰古堡的GOF战术哨所举行的“吉兰丹愿景行动”任务交接仪式后告诉记者。该仪式由GOF第9营移交给第7营。

艾哈迈德·拉齐表示，每个营都必须对其作战区域进行评估，确定高风险地点，并定期更新情报信息，以确保以预防和风险评估为重点的行动得到有效开展。

在谈到打击非法移民的努力时，他说，GOF 的行动不仅限于逮捕，还包括揭露犯罪集团网络、协助非法越境的人以及庇护移民行动以逃避侦查的个人。

他表示，解决这个问题需要采取全面、持续的预防措施，包括确定高风险地区、相关人员及其作案手法，以遏制此类活动。

他说：“截至昨日，共有921名不同国籍的无证移民被拘留，其中802人在吉兰丹州，104人在彭亨州，15人在登嘉楼州。”——马新社

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