Malaysia foils attempt to smuggle exotic animals

T TV Tuesday 25/September/2018 18:50 PM
By: Times News Service

Malaysian customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 400 exotic animals into the country.

It included two orangutans, crocodiles and rare birds from Indonesia.

The animals, which were being transported by boat from Indonesia, were intercepted in the waters off Perlis, near Malaysia's border with Thailand.

Three Indonesians were arrested in the operation.