{"id":90596,"date":"2020-09-03T20:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=90596"},"modified":"2020-09-03T20:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:21:49","slug":"mmea-foils-latest-tactic-to-smuggle-drug-in-langkawi-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=90596","title":{"rendered":"MMEA foils latest tactic to smuggle drug in Langkawi waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MALAYSIA-MMME-ZAWAWI.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90597\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MALAYSIA-MMME-ZAWAWI.jpg 640w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MALAYSIA-MMME-ZAWAWI-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MALAYSIA-MMME-ZAWAWI-555x370.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>LANGKAWI, Sept 3: Kedah and Perlis MMEA director First Admiral Mohd Zawawi Abdullah  (centre) showing at a press conference here today part of the 537 kg of cannabis slabs found  floating at Chorong Island near here on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LANGKAWI, Sept 3 \u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The\u00a0Kedah\u00a0and\u00a0Perlis\u00a0chapter of the\u00a0Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detected the latest tactic\u00a0used by drug smugglers on boats &#8211; by throwing the drugs into the waters for their accomplice in another boat to pick it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kedah and Perlis MMEA director First Admiral Mohd Zawawi Abdullah said the tactic was discovered following several arrests and the seizure of 537 kg of cannabis slabs&nbsp;worth RM1.6 million found floating at 6.7 nautical miles southeast of Chorong Island, near here on Aug 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the seizure was&nbsp;the biggest made by MMEA this year with the&nbsp;cooperation from the local fishing community who alerted the authorities on the floating package at 9.30 am in an operation dubbed \u2018Op&nbsp;Eagle Eye\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter receiving a tip-off that there will be a&nbsp;delivery of drugs at the location between Aug 30 and Sept 2, our team rushed to the&nbsp;location and found 14 large packages of cannabis slabs floating in the water,\u201d he told a press conference here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Mohd Zawawi said investigations found the modus operandi of the smuggling syndicate was to throw the drugs into the waters at a designated area to be picked up by another boat and sent to the next destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cWe believed the&nbsp;drugs were smuggled from a neighbouring country for distribution in Penang,\u201d he said, adding the seizure would affect the network of the drug smuggling syndicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is being investigated under Section 39 (B) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Meanwhile, Mohd Zawawi also said MMEA had&nbsp;seized 767kg of cannabis and 5kg of syabu totalling RM3.1 million, so far this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANGKAWI, Sept 3 \u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The\u00a0Kedah\u00a0and\u00a0Perlis\u00a0chapter of the\u00a0Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detected the latest tactic\u00a0used by drug smugglers on boats &#8211; by throwing the drugs into the waters for their accomplice in another boat to pick it up. 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