MMEA seizes 9kg cannabis in waters off Langkawi


ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has seized 9kg of cannabis worth RM45,000, believed to have been smuggled in from a neighbouring country, near Langkawi.

Kedah/Perlis maritime director First Admiral Romli Mustafa said the seizure was made at 10.25pm Thursday (Feb 9) after the movement of a fibreglass boat entering the country's waters from the Thai border.

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