A combined team of policemen and soldiers seized two vessels, one of them from Malaysia, in the island province of Tawi-tawi due to alleged oil smuggling.
The operation was carried out by elements of the 112th Marine Company and policemen at Lihiman Island, Taganak, Turtle Islands, Tawi-tawi over the weekend.
As such, troops of the 112th Marine Company, the PNP Maritime Police and the PNP Turtle Islands were dispatched to the area to validate the information. Racadio said the Marnia Penang sailed from Deojor, Malaysia, with 16 crew members onboard to illegally unload 400,000 liters of diesel to the local vessel, which is from Navotas, Metro Manila.Racadio said that based on their investigation, the two vessels have been anchored in the seawaters of Lihiman Island for three days before they were apprehended.
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