POLICE have arrested four people, including one with a “Datuk” title, on suspicion of being involved in fraudulent activities in connection with an oil and gas project in Kudat.

Sabah police commissioner Jauteh Dikun said the suspects, aged bertween 40 and 61, were detained by a team from the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of Sabah contingent police headquarters and Kota Kinabalu district police headquarters at a hotel in Kota Kinabalu at about 4pm on June 5.

“Acting on a tip-off, police arrested four people who were said to be trying to offer a contract related to Kudat Oil and Gas Industrial project,” he said after the monthly assembly at the Sabah contingent police headquarters’ parade ground in Kota Kinabalu today.

Jauteh said an investigation found that the suspects did not have access to the project.

“Their modus operandi is to offer the project and ask for advance money. Thus far, no individual or contractor has been deceived,” he said.

“The investigation also found that the suspects acted as ‘middlemen’.”

Jauteh said the investigation also found that the suspects are not from Sabah and had committed fraud in several states. – Bernama, June 13, 2023.