GUA MUSANG, Oct. 29 -- The General Operations Force (GOF) has seized a lorry carrying 25 metric tonnes of Super Import white rice suspected to have been smuggled in from Thailand, during an operation in Paloh here last night.

Sinar Harian reported that the rice and the lorry seized in the 11pm operation, codenamed Op Taring Wawasan, were worth an estimated RM550,000 in total.

GOF Southeast Brigade commander Datuk Ahmad Radzi Hussain said personnel on patrol spotted a suspicious lorry near Kampung Pangkal Senor, along the Kota Bharu-Gua Musang highway.

He said the lorry was stopped for inspection by the roadside of Jalan Bentong-Kota Bharu, in front of a building.

"The inspection found that the lorry was carrying Super Import white ric...