BORNEO SABAH ARAMAII

Friday 29 June 2012

Seven tonnes of mangrove bark seized

1st June, 2012

SANDAKAN: The Marine here detained a boat laden with mangrove tree bark near Sungai Tagahang, Beluran on Wednesday.
State Marine Operations Force Commander, ACP Abdul Manaf Othman said a patrol boat responded to information received at about 4.15am on May 30.
“Our boat PSC 13 carried out surveillance in the vicinity of Sungai Tagahang and spotted a boat laden with mangrove tree bark emerging from the river,” Abdul Manaf added.
The boat raced off on seeing the authorities approaching and ignored the order to stop.
The crew later jumped into the waters to escape and were unable to be located by the team as it was too dark during that time, he said.

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