Guest guest Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Link: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20070422074036/Article/in\ dex_html KOTA BARU: Over the past two years, two men have raked in over RM500,000 by smuggling pangolins into Thailand. But the law caught up with the 25-year-old taxi driver and the retired teacher, 53, from Negri Sembilan. The two travelled to the east coast three times a month, where they bought the protected animals for RM120 each, and sold them to a buyer in Tumpat for twice that amount. They made a profit of about RM7,000 per trip. The pangolins ended up in medicine shops in China, said state Wildlife Department director Pazil Abdul Patah. On Friday, after a tip-off, the two were arrested in Kampung Jambu, Tumpat, where they were planning to meet with the buyer at an illegal jetty. Their four-wheel-drive was confiscated along with 113 pangolins worth RM15,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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