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KOTA BHARU (Bernama): Kelantan police have seized the carcass of a tiger as well as a black panther and 10 elephant tusks estimated to be worth RM500,000, all of which are believed meant for the black market.
Kelantan police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Shafien Mamat said the seizure through Op Khazanah was carried out at a house in Kampung Bukit Tok Che Dol, near Tanah Merah, at about 7.40am, on Wednesday (Dec 30).
Police also arrested a 25-year-old male suspect believed to have been involved in the illegal poaching syndicate that has been active for more than a year. A team of policemen conducted an inspection at the house, believed to be used as a store to keep the catch, and found the carcasses of a tiger and a black panther without internal organs in the freezer and all the ivory at the premises.