KOTA KINABALU: Enforcement authorities here apprehended two smugglers while several others managed to escape following a high-speed boat chase in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel made the arrest after stopping four boats which were en route to a neighbouring country.
All four boats were found to be carrying controlled items such as subsidised cooking oil and liquefied petroleum gas worth more than RM174,000.
He said their two MMEA vessels spotted the four boats which were headed to the border from the district at 12.05am.“The boats headed for the shore but we managed to detain two men, both foreigners aged 30 and 35, while the rest escaped into a nearby mangrove swamp, abandoning all the four boats,” he added.
“Further inspection on the suspects found that they had no documentation or valid permits to allow them to transport the controlled goods,” he said, adding the items, including the boats, were estimated to be more than RM174,000. Nik Mohd said the Lahad Datu MMEA had recorded 43 cases of wrongdoings, including 10 that involved smuggling, so far this year.
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