Skipper abandons boat laden with contraband cigs worth RM87,300


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 13 Jul 2017

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) enforcement personnel seized cigarettes worth about RM87,300 late Wednesday after a boat skipper jumped into the sea near Tawau and abandoned his boat to flee from them.

The MMEA seized the 890 cartons of cigarettes during the incident at 11.15pm, said Tawau MMEA assistant director of operations Lieutenant Commander Ahmad Firdaus Shaari.

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