RM39,250 gas cylinders smuggling bid foiled


Sunken scheme: The seized speedboat and its cargo of gas cylinders seen at the Tawau port area.

KOTA KINABALU: Marine police foiled an attempt to smuggle 35 subsidised cooking gas cylinders to a neighbouring country.

A 23-year-old local man, believed to be the owner of a speedboat loaded with the gas cylinders, was arrested at the Tawau port area by a marine police patrol unit at 3.30pm on Wednesday.

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