More bite to curb smuggling


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SEPANG: Malaysian border control agencies are stepping up their game by increasingly taking on a whole-of-government approach in combating the smuggling of contraband, particularly endangered wildlife.

The matter was revealed on Friday when Customs Department director-general Datuk Anis Rizana Mohd Zainudin witnessed the handover of two sniffer dogs to beef up the enforcement’s “manpower” for the Wildlife Protection and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).

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