Sabah cops seize 9,000kg of turtle meat in trawler raid near Pulau Banggi

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun showing reporters pictures of the items seized by Marine Police at a press conference in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: At least 12,000 sea turtles were believed to have been slaughtered as police seized about 9,000kg of its meat being dried in a fishing trawler in waters off Sabah's northern Pulau Banggi.

Describing it as the biggest marine police seizure this year, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun said that the value of the dried turtle meat and some other endangered marine species were worth about RM4.5mil.