Man detained, RM8.4mil worth of pangolin, animal parts seized


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 09 Feb 2019

Omar (left) showing boxes of the seized animal parts.

KOTA KINABALU: Body parts and meat as well as live endangered animals worth RM8.4mil were seized from a factory in Sepanggar near here on Thursday (Feb 7).

Sabah Police Chief Datuk Omar Mammah said the items comprising a total of 1,860 boxes of frozen pangolins, live pangolin, pangolin scales weighing 361kg, bear (feet) claws and flying foxes were found stored in three shipping containers.

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