Marine police seize diesel worth RM163,000
BINTULU: The Sarawak Marine Police Region Five thwarted two attempts of transporting 20,000 litres of diesel worth RM163,000 without valid documents in separate operations. Its commander ACP Zulfikar Mohd Ghazali, who confirmed the cases, said the first operation took place on Wednesday (Aug 18) at Jalan Bintulu-Bakun. “In the operation codenamed ‘Op Kontraban’, the team detained […]
1,000 litres of diesel seized
BINTULU: The Marine Police here foiled a man’s bid to transport 1,000 litres of diesel in an operation codenamed Ops Kontraban at Jalan Persisir Bintulu-Kuala Tatau on Monday (June 21). Bintulu Marine Police commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin said an intelligence team detained a lorry for inspection at a roadblock in Kampung Warisan Jepak around […]
Diesel worth more than RM30K detained
MIRI: A rigid tanker believed to be transporting diesel worth more than RM30,000, was detained in an integrated operation at Jalan Miri-Bintulu traffic light intersection early this morning (May 29). An enforcement team comprising Miri marine police and Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) officers carried out Ops Kontraban at the scene around […]
Ship illegally transporting 45,000 litres of diesel seized
MIRI: Sarawak Marine Police detained a tanker ship believed to be illegally transporting 45,000 litres of diesel off Miri last Thursday. Marine Police Region 5 commander ACP Shamsol Kassim said a marine police team carried out ‘Ops Benteng Laut’ in Miri waters after receiving information of a suspicious tanker which was on its way to […]
Tanker with diesel worth RM16,000 seized
MIRI: Police seized a tanker with 15,801 litres of diesel estimated to be worth RM16,000 on Friday night. According to Miri police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari, the seizure was conducted at a wharf in Jalan Cattleya 3, Piasau around 9.45pm after receiving information from the public. “Also detained in the raid was a 43 year-local […]
RM76,000 worth of diesel seized
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here has seized a tanker with 42,000 litres of diesel worth RM76,000 on board. MMEA Miri chief Captain Md Fauzi Othman said a patrol unit made the seizure on Wednesday at 1.05pm at about four nautical miles off the Kuala Baram riverbank. Three locals and an Indonesian aged […]
Lorry driver arrested for illegally transporting diesel
BINTULU: Sarawak marine police arrested a lorry driver suspected of carrying 800 litres of illegal diesel worth RM1,392 by the roadside in front of the Customs Prevention Complex at Jalan Kampung Jepak last Thursday (Oct 29). The 53-year-old man was found transporting four drums of illegal diesel at the back of a lorry at 8.30am […]
3,000 litres of diesel seized
BINTULU: The Sarawak Marine Police seized 3,000 litres of diesel worth RM5,220 from a three-ton container truck by the roadside at Jalan Pesisir Bintulu-Miri on Saturday (Oct 24). Its Region 5 operations headquarters commanding officer ASP Ezuandi Bahadin told that the operation took place around 11.30am which was a result of monitoring carried out by […]
2,900 litres of diesel seized
KANOWIT: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Sibu branch confiscated 2,900 litres of diesel and a lorry worth about RM25,000 on Thursday. Its Sibu branch chief Kelyn Bolhassan @ Haliward in a statement said that the case would be investigated under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961. If convicted, an […]
Vessel, crew detained in diesel smuggling probe
MIRI: A vessel was detained after it tried to smuggle diesel worth RM227,500. In an operation codenamed Op Benteng Laut, the marine police stopped the suspicious-looking tanker that was on its way to Miri River around 10pm on Wednesday (Sept 2). The five crew members aboard, including the captain, were arrested. “Upon inspection, 130,000 litres […]
