THE Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) raided a ‘togok’, used to smuggle drugs to Indonesia from Muar waters, early yesterday morning.

Johor MMEA director First Adm Nurul Hizam Zakaria said officers seized 23kg of syabu, 2,000 ecstasy pills and 90 eramin 5 pills, estimated to be worth RM1.33 million.

“During the patrol carried out by the Petir 85 boat yesterday, the team detected a suspicious looking object in the form of a black plastic package on the ‘togok’ platform.

“The purpose of placing drugs at the togok, which is located about 3nm southwest of Parit Jawa, Muar, and 12nm from the maritime border, was to avoid detection,” he said in a press conference in Batu Pahat, today.

Nurul said they found 23 green Chinese tea packages containing syabu, one white package containing two small packets of pink pills (ecstasy) and nine strips of eramin-5 pills. However, no arrests were made.

“The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and we believe that placing the drugs at the togok, before being taken by the next party for delivery to the destination, is one a new tactic,” he said. – Bernama, October 20, 2021.