Explosive find: 300 fish bomb detonators discovered after duo abandon boat in Kudat

By DURIE RAINER FONG

The items seized in the boat.

KOTA KINABALU: Two fish bombers managed to get away from enforcement authorities by jumping into the sea in Sabah's northern Kudat district.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel then found hundreds of detonators as well as rolls of cables, believed to be used for blast fishing, in the boat the suspects abandoned.

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Fish Bombing , Blast Fishing , MMEA , Detonators , Fuse

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