Maritime Enforcement Agency stops smugglers


Illegal activity: Some of the smuggled items seized by the maritime personnel in Sandakan.

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian security forces are continuing their clampdown against the smuggling of fuel and other subsidised goods from Sabah into southern Philippines with the detention a fast craft.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency intercepted the vessel laden with three jerry cans filled with petrol, a cooking gas tank and various sundry goods in waters off the east coast Sandakan district.

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