Foiled attempt: A policeman standing on the Semporna jetty with the seized jerrycans of petrol.
KOTA KINABALU: An attempt to smuggle out 5,500 litres of petrol from Sabah’s east-coast Semporna district was foiled when the marine police found more than 200 jerrycans filled with the fuel.
During an operation codenamed “Ops Taring Gelora” at Tanjung Manimpa, Bum-Bum Island, on Tuesday, law enforcers found the 220 containers on eight unmanned speedboats.
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