Elephant tusks seized at KLIA

By NADIRAH H. RODZI
  • Nation

  • Thursday, 03 Mar 2016

Mammoth haul: Chik Omar (centre) holding up one of the elephant tusks seized from two Vietnamese men at KLIA.

SEPANG: A total of 159kg of elephant tusks worth about RM1.59mil was seized at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on two separate occasions.

Authorities also seized 850g of drugs worth RM95,370 in another case at the airport.

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