Guest guest Posted May 5, 2002 Report Share Posted May 5, 2002 Monday, April 29, 2002 Smuggled tortoises, pythons seized RANTAU PANJANG: Two hundred and three tortoises and 12 pythons, believed to be headed for the cooking pot, were seized by the 8th Battalion of the General Operations Force here on Saturday. According to the deputy commanding officer of the battalion, Deputy Supt Md Rusli Mat Junus, they could have been smuggled into Malaysia from a neighbouring country. " A police team on patrol found the items in the van, and a woman, believed to be of Thai descent, had been detained,'' said DSP Rusli, adding that the animals had been handed over to the Wildlife Department. In two other unrelated incidents, the battalion also seized nearly 59 tonnes of smuggled rice valued at RM88,425 from two warehouses around Kota Baru and Pasir Mas on the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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