Customs patrol boat arrests three vessels carrying illegal rice & sugar from S`pore

"The three vessels are being escorted to Ketapang port for further investigation," Chief of Investigations and Legal Action of the Riau Islands Service Office Syafrizal said at his office on Tuesday.

He further explained that in the beginning, the Customs patrol boat 15020 at 3.30 p.m local time arrested KM Pulau Mas Jaya 1 in the waters of Batu Berlubang Island, Moro subdistrict, Karimun regency, for carrying 12 tons of rice and 5 tons of sugar from Singapore with Dabo Singkep as destination.