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Coastguard patrol vessel recovers puffer fish, dried giant clams, dried turtles, seahorses, shark’s fins and Napoleon fish.

Kudat MMEA maritime zone director Maurice Grenville Abeyeratne said two boats contained an illicit cargo valued at an estimated RM1.5 million.

KUDAT: More than 3 tonnes of endangered fish and other marine species have been seized by the coastguard when officers boarded two fishing boats in the waters of Mengayau, near here, on Wednesday. Maurice Grenville Abeyeratne, Kudat director of the Malaysian maritime enforcement agency said the boats were spotted at about 12.35pm.

One boat contained 1.3 tonnes of dried giant clams, 630kg of puffer fish, 865kg of dried turtles, and 6kg of seahorse, shark fins and frozen Napoleon fish.He said the items seized had a total value of about RM1.5 million. “Two Filipinos and an Indonesian, ages 37 to 52, were found in the first boat, while the second boat was manned by two locals, ages 50 and 57, and a 45-year-old Filipino.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.

 

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