Bid to smuggle elephant tusks worth RM2.4mil foiled


PORT KLANG: The Selangor Customs Department has foiled an international syndicate’s attempt to smuggle about half a tonne of elephant tusks worth RM2.4mil into the country.

State Customs director Datuk Azis Yacub said his officers discovered the tusks last Friday when inspecting a shipping container, which had been put down in the declaration form as carrying polyester and nylon strand matting.

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