KOTA KINABALU: Marine police seized 2,600 sea turtle eggs when they foiled an attempt by Filipino smugglers to bring them in for the Sandakan market.
Marine Police Region 4 commander Asst Comm Mohamad Madun said two men in a pump boat fled on seeing a marine police patrol boat near the coast of Kampung Forest in Sandakan at about 4am yesterday.
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