TAWAU, July 5 — Afraid of being caught, a boat skipper was seen throwing something into the waters of Inderasabah here which was later found to be a bag containing 32 kilogrammes of syabu, estimated to be worth RM1.76 million.

Tawau MMEA director Maritime Captain Shahrizan Raman said in the 11.30pm incident yesterday, the Malaysian Maritime patrol detected a suspicious speedboat which then accelerated towards the mouth of Sungai Inderasabah after realising the MMEA patrol boat heading towards it.