TAWAU: Police are hot on the
heels of an armed group of seven men believed to be foreigners who staged an
anchovies heist at an anchovies trapping platform off Inderasabah last
Saturday.
District Police Deputy
Chief, Supt Keong Ho Eng, said marine police had since been scanning the waters
off Roach Reefs and Tawau to track them down.
He said initial
investigations found that the robbers, who were reported to be wearing masks
and armed, had arrived at the platform around 2.10am in two 40hp boats.
"They robbed the
fishermen there and escaped with about 40kg of anchovies worth RM300 towards an
unidentified destination," he said.
However, Keong declined to
make any speculation on the nationality of the robbers although they were
claimed to have spoken in a foreign tongue.
"We have also not
determined whether the weapons used were M-16s because the reports lodged by
the victims were not precise," he said.
A local daily had reportedly
interviewed the victims who recalled jumping into the sea when the robbery
occurred. (DE)
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