Woman nabbed at KLIA with nine exotic animals in luggage

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A woman was arrested on Monday (July 28) on suspicion of attempting to smuggle nine exotic animals, worth an estimated RM127,000, out of the country through Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s (KLIA) Terminal 1.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yphxhnrb   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A woman was arrested on Monday at Kuala Lumpur International Airport after allegedly attempting

00:05to smuggle nine exotic animals out of the country. The 39-year-old local was detained

00:11at 9.30 p.m. at KLIA Terminal 1 while preparing to board a flight to India.

00:18During a routine baggage check, officers from the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency

00:23discovered four suspected siamang, four sugar gliders, and one monkey, believed to be a macaque,

00:30hidden in her luggage. All the animals are protected species and are believed to be part

00:36of an illegal international wildlife trade. The seizure is estimated to be worth 127,000 ringgit.

00:44The woman was taken to the KLIA police station for further investigation. The case is being

00:49investigated under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 and the International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008.

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