Big haul: Chik Omar showing the seized ivory at the KLIA Customs Complex in Sepang. With him is his deputy Yusof Talib (left). — Bernama
SEPANG: Customs officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle one tonne of African ivory pieces worth more than RM10mil.
KLIA Customs director Datuk Chik Omar Chik Lim said the ivory was seized during an operation conducted at the air cargo warehouse at the airport’s free zone following intelligence gathered on July 21.
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