Lahad Datu MMEA nabs five, foils attempt to smuggle 4,080kg of subsidised cooking oil


KOTA KINABALU: Five men - a local and four foreigners - were nabbed while attempting to smuggle 4,080kg of subsidised cooking oil in Lahad Datu on Tuesday night (April 5).

Lahad Datu zone Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said it also confiscated a cargo boat, two lorries carrying the 240 boxes of cooking oil and two motorcycles used by the smugglers, bringing the total estimated value of seizure to RM234,096.

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Lahad Datu , cooking oil , smuggling , crime , Sabah

   

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