MMEA foils attempt to smuggle in illegals off Tawau

Tawau MMEA authority with some of those captured in the smuggling attempt of illegals into the country.

KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled attempts to smuggle in five undocumented migrants in two separate incidents in Tawau waters on Monday (Feb 6).

Both interceptions were done by two separate Tawau MMEA patrol boats that were conducting their own Ops Pluto Timur 2/13 and Ops Sejahtera at different sectors.