MMEA nets 11 in illegal fishing ops


Breaking the law: Upon inspection, MMEA officials found that the vessel had breached fisheries licensing regulations.

KOTA KINABALU: Eleven people were arrested and more than 100kg of seafood, believed caught illegally, were seized in two operations from Sandakan to Kinabatangan by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

The agency’s zone director for Sandakan, Capt Maritime Muhamad Suhairy Hussain, said that in the first raid, officials noticed a vessel at around 8pm on Tuesday in waters off Tanjung Layar-Layar Sandakan.

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