Seven detained for possessing gaharu wood worth millions


  • Nation
  • Monday, 05 Feb 2018

KOTA KINABALU: Seven people were nabbed after forest rangers seized protected gaharu wood (agarwood) worth millions of ringgit at a house in Keningau on Feb 2.

Sabah Conservation chief Datuk Sam Mannan said in a statement Monday (Feb 5) that the seven comprising six illegal immigrants and a Cambodian were believed to have obtained the gaharu from protected forests, including parts of the Maliau Basin.

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