MMEA foils attempt to smuggle in drugs on fishing boat in Melaka waters


- Picture courtesy of MMEA

MELAKA: A drug trafficking syndicate has been using traditional fishing boats to mask their smuggling activities, says the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

Melaka-Negri Sembilan MMEA director Maritime Captain Haris Fadzillah Abdullah said his team made a breakthrough when they seized syabu worth an estimated value of RM36,000 during an operation at 10.15pm on Saturday (Oct 23) in Tanjung Kling waters here.

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