02 Jul 2021 / 08:00 H. -Bernama
PASIR PUTEH: A 22-year-old man drowned while undergoing scuba diving training near Tokong Laut at Pulau Perhentian, Terengganu yesterday afternoon.
Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director, Captain Maritime Muhd Nur Syam Asmawie Yaacob (
pix), said the body of Mohamad Abbass Shabki was found by villagers at about 2.40pm.
He said five personnel from the agency were dispatched to the location about 12.7 nautical miles from Kelantan MMEA jetty headquarters after they were informed of the incident.
“The police and the island community combed the area where the victim was last seen, before the MMEA boat arrived to take the body to Pulau Perhentian Besar jetty,” he said in a statement yesterday.
30 Apr 2021 / 19:50 H. - Bernama
PASIR PUTEH: A group of smugglers ran away and abandoned 1.8 million white cigarettes worth RM1.6 million after their unlawful activities were detected by the Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), near the Kuala Senok estuary, last Wednesday.
Kelantan MMEA director Maritime Captain Muhd Nur Syam Asmawie Yaacob said earlier, the MMEA team on a special operation detected a boat in a suspicious condition at one nautical mile from the estuary at about 11.10pm.
He said the team pursued the boat until the group of smugglers reached the Pengkalan Datu river banks but all of them fled into the mangroves area upon realising the presence of the authorities.