Foreign vessels held over illegal fuel transfer

conCaught red-handed: Two of the three vessels anchored close together off Tanjung Piai in Johor.

JOHOR BARU: Three foreign vessels have been detained by the state Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for illegally transferring fuel off Tanjung Piai here.

MMEA enforcement chief Capt Aminuddin Abd Rashid said that the vessels were anchored about 1.9 nautical miles off Tanjung Piai on Thursday.