Police seize 9 tonnes of dried turtle meat, other species worth RM4.5mil in Kudat
Published on: Monday, December 04, 2023
By: Jonathan Nicholas
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun (right) shows photos of seized endangered species meat. (Photo: Daily Express/Jonathan Nicholas)
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah police seized 9,000 kilograms of dried sea turtle meat believed to be slain from 12,000 sea turtles among other dried endangered marine species worth RM4.5 million from a trawler in Kudat.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun said four men onboard the trawler managed to escape in the 11.15 morning raid by patrolling marine police on Wednesday (29 Nov) in waters between Banggi and Bangsi Islands.
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"The men believed to be foreigners fled to shallow waters where a speed boat picked them up and sped off to international waters toward the direction of a neighbouring country," he told a press conference today
Jauteh said it is Sabah police's biggest marine bust this year.
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