RM106mil drug bust at sea, MMEA scores biggest haul to date

Zubil (left), MMEA deputy operations director Rear Admiral (Maritime) Kamaruszaman Abu Hassan and Penang MMEA director Capt (Maritime) Abd Razak Mohamed with some of the seized drugs.

GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) scored its biggest drug haul so far when they foiled an attempt to smuggle into the country methamphetamine worth a whopping RM105.9mil.

MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som said the bust took place after a team of MMEA personnel on a routine Ops Pertiwi patrol detected a suspicious-looking recreational boat near Pulau Kendi manned by a suspect at about 11.30am on Wednesday (Dec 9).