Perhilitan nabs seven 'Facebook' illegal wildlife traders


Perhilitan officers with some of the seized animals.

PETALING JAYA: Seven illegal wildlife traders, who operate using social media website Facebook, were nabbed by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) in an operation.

Perhilitan enforcement director Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim said the perpetrators were arrested under "Operasi Taring" which started on Jan 2 and added that the animals were worth about RM80,000.

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Crime , Illegal wildlife trade , Perhilitan

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