Three M'sians fail to slip through Dutch Customs with smuggled eels


A file picture of baby glass eels in a plastic bag filled with water. - Photo: AFP

THE HAGUE (AFP): Dutch border police arrested three Malaysian citizens for attempting to smuggle hundreds-of-thousands of baby eels through Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, authorities said Thursday (April 14).

The two men and a woman were detained on Monday (April 11) after officials became suspicious when they tried to take eight suitcases through airport security, heading for Malaysia via Portugal.

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