Marine police foil smugglers, seize magpies worth nearly RM500k


KOTA TINGGI: Marine Police (PPM) nabbed three locals as they tried to smuggle almost half a million ringgit's worth of live birds to neighbouring countries on Wednesday (Feb 26).

Region II commander Asst Comm Abdul Rahman, in a press statement, said the marine police conducted a raid on two vehicles along Jalan Teluk Ramunia in Sungai Rengit at around 1.30am.

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