BATU PAHAT: Some 160 tonnes of copra – dried sections of coconut kernel – worth more than RM200,000 from Indonesia have been seized by the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) at the Batu Pahat jetty here.
Johor Maqis director Edie Putra Md Yusof said the shipment was seized after an inspection found it was infected with pests, believed to be red-legged ham beetles.
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