Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian customs officers seized more than 1 million ringgit (285,715 dollars) of liquor and beer believed to have been smuggled from India to meet demand during this year's Christmas and New Year's celebrations, a news report said Thursday. Two containers from India, which had been falsely declared as turmeric spice, were stopped in the northern city of Penang late Monday after a tip-off, state customs director Matrang Suhaili was quoted as saying by the Star daily.
Customs officers seized 1,100 crates of beer and liquor from the containers, he said.
Christmas celebrations and New Year's countdown parties, which are fueled with alcohol, are popular in Malaysia despite the country having a minority Christian population and a majority Muslim population, which is forbidden to consume alcohol.
Every year, dozens of revelers are detained at the end of the year for causing public disturbances and vandalism and engaging in drunk driving.
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