San: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized 945 litres of subsidised petrol worth about RM4,400 from an unnumbered water premises at Kampung Tinusa here early Wednesday.
Sandakan Maritime Zone director Capt Maritim Muhamad Suhairy Hussain said the enforcement team was conducting Op Sejahtera 1/2022, Op Khas Cegah Pati (OCP) Utara and Op Tiris 4.0 when it received a public complaint about jerry cans suspected to contain petrol being unloaded.
“Acting on the information, the team proceeded to the location and detected an unnumbered premises on the water,” he said in a statement.
Further inspection found 30 jerry cans believed to contain petrol, while a 34-year-old local man was detained at about 12.35am to assist investigations.
Muhamad Suhairy said the seized jerry cans containing 945 litres of petrol and the suspect were taken to the Sandakan Maritime Zone headquarters before being handed over to the investigating officer, with the case being investigated under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961.
