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MELAKA: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel here managed to prevent a bid to smuggle hundreds of songbirds across the Straits of Melaka.
Syabu and boat worth RM450,000 seized, two foreigners detained 28 May 2021 / 19:31 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
MELAKA: The Melaka and Negeri Sembilan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) have seized drugs believed to be syabu worth almost RM400,000 following the detention of two Indonesian males in the waters of Kuala Linggi, about 50 kilometres from here, early this morning.
Its director, Maritime Captain Haris Fadzillah Abdullah said the duo were detained during a routine patrol to prevent international border-crossing smuggling crimes today at 2.30am.
“We detected the boat about 11.5 nautical miles south west of Tanjung Dahan, Kuala Linggi early in the morning and pursued it after its movement triggered our suspicion,’’ he said in a statement here, today.
MELAKA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has foiled a tanker’s attempt to escape from detention by navigating the Straits of Malacca in a bid to dodge authorities.
MMEA Negri Sembilan/Melaka director Maritime Captain Haris Fadzillah Abdullah said the vessel was intercepted at 2.30am on Saturday (May 22), when spotted at the waters of Tanjung Tuan in Negri Sembilan. Preliminary investigations showed that the vessel registered in Vietnam was heading towards the north, he said.
He said they promptly acted to an alert from the Maritime Sea Surveillance System at 9.55pm on Friday (May 21) before intercepting the vessel registered as MT JW Jewel about 15 nautical miles from the Port Dickson coastline.
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