Eight Myanmar nationals nabbed in wildlife ops


KOTA BARU: Eight Myanmar nationals, including two women, were arrested in a joint police-Perhilitan operation against illegal hunting and wildlife offences at a 24ha durian plantation in Kampung Mia, Kuala Krai.

Kuala Krai district police chief Supt Mazlan Mamat said that acting on a public tip-off, police and the Wildlife and National Parks Department jointly conducted the Ops Bersepadu/Ops Khazanah from midnight until 6am.

They also found a baby boy and a baby girl with the group.

He said an air rifle and two spears, believed to have been used for illegal hunting, were seized during the operation.

“Inspections also uncovered six suspected wildlife claws, 12 suspected wildlife fangs, seven suspected wildlife bones, six suspected wildlife body parts, as well as a container filled with meat believed to be from wildlife,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported. 

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