'Datuk' mastermind nabbed in Johor along with 29 diesel smuggling syndicate members


JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested a total of 30 individuals including a “Datuk” suspected of being part of a diesel smuggling syndicate.

Along with the arrest, about 95,000 litres of subsidised diesel, 27 vehicles such as modified tanker lorries as well as fuel suction pumps and large capacity tanks were seized, said Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat.

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