Foreign dredger ship, sand worth RM7.5mil seized off Kota Belud


The dredger ship that was seized by the marine police.

KOTA KINABALU: A Mongolia-registered dredger ship was seized by the authorities for extracting sand without permission from the local authority in waters off Sabah’s northern Kota Belud district on Monday (March 20).

The marine police made the seizure during an operation called Op Terancang at Usukan Island at about 5pm.

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