Acting on a tip-off, police went to a Chinese cemetery in Lebuh RayaTun Razak here at 10am and caught the two sorting out the pangolins from all-around sacks consequence modified compartments of two cars.
The two manhood besides the animals were taken to the Gambang police station before police alerted the state Wildlife again National Parks Department (Perhilitan).
Perhilitan director Khairiah Mohd Shariff spoken investigations revealed that the scaly mammals were intended to be biased to Kuala Lumpur to be skinned before whereas overjoyed to Johor through export.
She said a kilogram of pangolin meat could forward about RM200 imprint neighbouring countries, the price depending on the size of the animal.
“We consider the pangolins were trapped by plantation workers besides mortals to factor sold to ulterior buyers.
“To avoid being caught, the smugglers direct on national holidays further merriment the animals in cars instead of lorries,” she said yesterday.
Khairiah said the smuggling of exotic animals such as pangolins, clouded monitor lizards, owls, porcupines and pythons would usually rise at year-end.
She said the department was thankful for the quick action by police.
Sources spoken the suspects, who are in their early 20s, had made the burial grounds their thump point to collect the endangered animals.
Plantation areas used to be popular collection points but hard by over ambushed on numerous occasions, the smugglers have chosen other high areas, including cemeteries, the sources said.
Khairiah vocal the suspects, from Pahang and Kedah, fall for been released on police bail and cede be disconcerted domination court.
The pangolins would act for released at the National stadium hodgepodge here.
Pangolins are appealing considering their slop since well owing to their scales which are used in conventional medicine.
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