One of the four pump boats used by the suspects.
About 200kg of fish that were believed caught with explosives.
KUDAT: The Marine Operations Force (MOF) here confiscated about 200kg of fish that are believed to have been caught through bombing.
MOF chief ACP Mohamad Madun said four pump boats were also seized during an operation, dubbed ‘Ops Cantas Perairan 1/2014’, along Sikuati waters, near here on February 4.
He said the 9.30am operation was carried out after MOF had received tip-off of illegal fishing in the area.
“As the MOF patrol approached the area, they saw about 10 pump boats along the beach. Upon realizing our presence, the suspects immediately fled the scene in the pump boats. Swift action by the MOF patrol managed to seize four pump boats that were left behind by the suspects,” he said yesterday.
Mohamad said from their investigation they found about 200kg of assorted fish that are believed to have been caught through illegal fishing.
Police also found several items such as a compressor, goggles and flippers that are believed used by the suspects in their activities. He said all the items were taken to the Kudat marine police station for further investigation.
Mohamad thanked the public for their cooperation with the police and said such operation would be carried out from time to time to combat illegal fishing in the state.