Police arrested nine men and seized thousands of bottles of contraband hard liquor estimated to be worth RM1.6 million stashed in a warehouse in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong last Saturday.

Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director commissioner Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said police caught the men red handed placing fake stamp duty stickers on the bottles and loading them into two lorries for local distribution.

He said the International Federation of Spirits Producers has since confirmed the seized bottles were contraband.