MMEA's Ops Pagar Laut nets 42 suspects, goods worth RM13mil

GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has made 42 arrests and seized about RM13mil worth of goods and assets in Ops Pagar Laut earlier this month.

Twelve arrests were in connection with high-profile cases involving smuggling of contraband cigarettes, encroachment of undocumented immigrants into Malaysian waters, theft, gang robbery, encroachment by foreign fishermen, and smuggling of controlled goods such as fuel and cooking oil.