Cops seize swiftlet nests worth almost RM47,000 in Sibu raids


SIBU: Police here have arrested 27 people here and seized bird nests worth RM46,670 in a crackdown on illegal swiftlet farming in 28 raids in Tanjung Manis here.

Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Zulkipli Suhaili said that the raids were carried out as part of Op Bersepadu Khazanah (OBK) by a team of the Sibu Region 5 Marine Police.

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