Diesel smuggling bid foiled
They discovered eight fibreglass tanks filled with subsidised diesel during the raid at 3.15am on Saturday.
'We believe it was meant to be smuggled into a neighbouring country,' the Sandakan marine police said in a statement yesterday.
They seized the diesel, weighing around 700 litres, and worth RM367,050.
A 54-year-old local skipper was also nabbed.
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