GOF foils bid to smuggle bonsai trees worth over RM1mil in K'tan


Photo courtesy of GOF Southeast Brigade via Facebook

KOTA BARU: The General Operations Force (GOF) Southeast Brigade successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle ornamental plants from a neighbouring country by intercepting a lorry carrying over 2,000 bonsai trees during an operation dubbed "Ops Taring Wawasan Kelantan" in the KTJ Pos JP1 Pak Teh Kana area here on Tuesday (April 29).

Its commander Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid said that members of the GOF 18th Battalion conducted the seizure at 7.20pm as a result of a routine patrol in the nearby border area.

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