Deputy customs director Abdull Wahid Sulong said that 325 Indian Star tortoises and five Ploughshare tortoises were packed into five boxes and labelled as stones. He said the live tortoises, usually kept as pets, arrived via Etihad Airways from Antanaviro Airport in Madagascar on Sunday. Customs officials found the boxes at the Kuala Lumpur airport cargo warehouse on the same day based on a tip, Abdull Wahid said. No arrests were made and the case is still under investigation, Abdull Wahid said. Two weeks ago, airport customs officials seized African pangolin scales worth $2.1 million at the airport cargo warehouse.

Source: Bangkok Post May 15, 2017 07:07 UTC