Man arrested in Tuaran for selling protected wildlife parts


KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department has arrested a man suspected of selling parts of several protected wildlife species at a stall at the Tamu Tenghilan market inTuaran.

Its director Mohd Soffian Abu Bakar said the 30-year-old man was detained during an enforcement  operation carried out by the department’s Rapid Response Team on Thursday (March 12) morning.

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