Cops nab five men for suspected poaching in Sabah wildlife centre
A police team from the battalion’s Tiger Platoon conducted Operasi Khazanah and arrested the suspects at about 11.30 pm in the Sungai Tandu Batu area where they had set up camp in the sanctuary. — iStock.com pic via AFP
According to Commanding Officer of Battalion 20 of the Beluran General Operations Force, ACP Mohd Nasaruddin M Nasir, a police team from the battalion’s Tiger Platoon conducted Operasi Khazanah and arrested the suspects at about 11.30pm in the Sungai Tandu Batu area where they had set up camp in the sanctuary.
“Also confiscated was a deer which had been cut up into two. The total confiscation value was about RM33,000,” he said in a statement here today.
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