Burglars steal protected birds, among other valuables

Fine feathers: A police officer looking at some of the confiscated birds in Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: When they commit a crime, they not only cart away jewellery and other valuables from the victims’ houses, but birds, too.

Seven birds of protected species worth about RM2,000 each were seized from two men during a police raid at a house in Kampung Baru Mak Mandin, Butterworth.