KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - MALAYSIA police say they have seized more than US$100,000 (S$142, 500) worth of dead owls, bear paws and live monitor lizards and arrested two men on suspicion of trying to smuggle them abroad.
Mohamad Hassan Hashim, a marine police official in eastern Terengganu state, says two Malaysian men were caught Sunday loading the protected wildlife into a boat.
He says police found 33 sun bear parts, 264 dead owls and 4,800 live monitor lizards, worth some RM350,000 in all.
The lizards will be released into the wild.
Mr Mohamad Hassan said on Monday the men could face up to three years in prison if charged with and found guilty of possessing protected wild animals.
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