Sandakan MMEA seizes 305 packets of subsidised cooking oil in smuggling bust


KOTA KINABALU: Authorities found 305 packets of 1kg subsidised cooking oil left behind in a boat in Sandakan waters on Saturday (June 25), believed hidden in an attempt to smuggle them into a neighbouring country.

Sandakan zone Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) discovered the goods inside the vessel that was docked and covered among the mangrove trees near Sungai Besar Tanjung Aru waters, at 12.20pm when conducting Ops Pluto Timor.

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MMEA , Cooking oil , Smuggling , Sandakan

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