Two foreigners nabbed for possessing contraband bark worth RM12,350


Some of the seized Tangar barks.

KOTA KINABALU: Two illegal immigrants were arrested for possessing forest products taken from separate locations including a forest reserve recognised as a Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention 1971.

State Chief Conservator of Forests Frederick Kugan said the first case involved a 16-year-old who was nabbed when he was busy stacking Tangar tree bark in a boat on Aug 7.

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