In the nick of time: MMEA personnel seizing the pump boat used by four suspects carrying out fish bombing activities near Pulau Gaya in Kota Kinabalu.
KOTA KINABALU: Four fishermen suspected of using fish bombs off Pulau Gaya dived off their boat and swam ashore to evade capture.
Although they escaped, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers managed to seize their pump boat and recovered some 200kg of fish as well as fish bomb-making equipment during the incident on Tuesday evening.
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