Four boats used in fish bombing seized in Semporna, fishermen escape

Fish believed caught using explosives in one of the boats

KOTA KINABALU: The coast guards have seized four boats ferrying fishermen allegedly involved in fish bombing activities off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district.

The fishermen, however, managed to give the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) the slip during an operation dubbed Ops Pluto Timur at Tanjung Tabu-Tabu in the evening on Wednesday (Jan 3).