Two suspects jump off boat near Langkawi after attempt to smuggle drugs worth RM11.3mil foiled

Mohd Zawawi with the drugs seized from the foreign vessel in Langkawi waters. The two suspects who jumped into rough seas to escape the MMEA have yet to be found. - Bernama

LANGKAWI (Bernama): The Kedah and Perlis Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 56.5kg of syabu worth RM11.3mil after intercepting a foreign fishing boat 2.3 nautical miles north east of Tanjung Kemarong, near here on Friday (Sept 25).

Its commander First Maritime Admiral Mohd Zawawi Abdullah said the seizure, which was the biggest this year, was conducted during Op Eagle Eye based on intelligence information and monitoring by the Langkawi Malaysian Maritime SEA Monitoring System (Swasla) at 1am.