Sabah Wildlife Dept nabs man believed to be selling turtle eggs online


KOTA KINABALU: A man who is believed to have been actively selling turtle eggs online has been nabbed during a special operation dubbed "Ops Tapau".

The suspect, a 21-year-old, was nabbed at a parking lot near a supermarket in Putatan near here, at about 11am Friday (June 26).

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