JOHOR BAHARU, July 8 (Bernama) -- A special team set up by the southern region marine police detained a ship and its 21 crew for hijacking two palm oil-laden tanker ships early this month.
Southern Region Marine Police Commander ACP Abdul Aziz Yusof said the team swung into action after receiving a report on the disappearance of Samudera Sindo 8 and Bash Aranda 7 which were scheduled to arrive at the Pasir Gudang Port in Johor from Kalimantan, Indonesia, at 4.30am on July 3... [the Marine Police] received information from [their] Indonesian counterpart that oil being transferred from Samudera Sindo 8 and Bash Aranda 7 to another oil tanker Palm Cheam Chemical...
The search operation was launched at about 9pm yesterday and at 11.45pm, the team managed to locate the ship, laden with more than 3,000 tonnes of palm oil, berthed at 2.3 nautical miles from Tanjung Setapa, Pengerang... Aziz said according to one of the crew of Samudera Sindo 8, a group of eight masked men on a boat, armed with pistols and parangs, boarded Bash Aranda 7. They confined the captain and the crew before they siphoned off the palm oil into Palm Chem at a location in South China Sea... |