Customs foils bid to smuggle RM80 million wildlife parts | The Malaysian Insight

THE Customs Department has foiled a syndicate’s attempt to smuggle wildlife parts, including elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns, pangolin scales and tiger fangs worth RM80 million hidden behind a pile of sawn timber in a container.

He said previously, the department scored a major success when they seized pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth RM40 million and RM2.4 million respectively in 2012. A check on the container found elephant tusks, weighing about 6,000kg, 29kg of rhinoceros horns, 100kg of pangolin scales, 14kg of wildlife horns and 300kg of animal skulls and bones hidden behind stacked sawn timber, he said.

He said wildlife part imports are banned under the third schedule of the International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008, except with permits issued by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks.

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