Malaysian authorities have confiscated 75,578 cryptocurrency mining machines across more than 3,000 raids since January 2022, making it one of the most sustained anti-mining enforcement campaigns in Southeast Asia. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah announced the figures on July 8, revealing that the operations have also led to 629 arrests.
The crackdown targets miners who have been tapping into the national electricity grid through meter tampering and unauthorized connections.
The scale of the operation
The 3,049 raids conducted nationwide paint a picture of relentless enforcement rather than a one-off sweep.
The Manjung region in the state of Perak offers a useful microcosm. Between 2022 and June 2025, authorities carried out 347 raids in that area alone, arresting 93 individuals and seizing 6,913 mining machines. That’s roughly one raid every three days in a single region.
