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SANDAKAN: Marine Police here foiled an attempt to smuggle cigarettes worth almost RM100,000 in a “Special Ops Landai” operation at Sungai Luboh on Monday.

 Commanding Officer of the Sandakan Region 4 Marine Police Force, DSP Rusdin Bin Banin, said there was a pursuit when Marine Police approached a boat and introduced themselves to the skipper who then fled the scene around 8pm.

He said the skipper accelerated the boat to a shallow area and jumped towards a mangrove swamp.