Officers of the Malaysian customs Service in Kuala Lumpur foiled an attempt to smuggle hundreds of the world’s most endangered tortoises into the country from Madagascar, a senior official said Monday.
Speaking to AFP, the deputy director of the customs department, Abdul Wahid Sulong, said the 330 ploughshare and radiated tortoises worth around $276,784, were seized at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.
‘All of the reptiles were found alive. It is a big haul. It could be for the local market or for re-export. We are investigating,’ the enforcement agency said in a…
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