Police foil pangolin smuggling
| Tue, 04/07/2009 2:28 PM
PEKANBARU: Riau Maritime Police have detained two men, including a Malaysian, for attempting to smuggle 13 pangolins to Malaysia.
The provincial maritime police director Sr. Comr. Zainal Palewang said the suspects were Zakaria bin Baharudin, 30, a resident of Bengkalis, and Mat Zaki bin Mislam , 40, a resident of Johor, Malaysia.
"The suspects were arrested in a boat carrying the rare animals in Bengkalis waters on Monday," Zainal said on Monday. - JP
