05/06/2010 (Bernama), Sandakan - The Police's Marine Operations Force (MOF) confiscated 17 tonnes of crude palm oil that was being sold illegally and arrested six men in a raid at the Hai Soon jetty in Batu Sapi, here Friday night.

Sandakan MOF acting commanding officer ASP Awang Mat Yassin Awang Ahmad said the palm oil, worth about RM515,500, was seized from a ship and a tanker lorry.

He said during the 12.50am raid, the men, aged between 20 to 40, were pumping the crude palm oil from the ship into the tanker lorry.

On checking, the men failed to present the proper documents for the oil transfer, he said at a news conference here on Saturday.

Awang Mat Yassin said the men arrested consist of a captain, three crew members, as well as a driver and lorry attendant.