Kampung Repek: The Southeast Brigade General Operations Force (PGA) has thwarted an animal smuggling attempt by intercepting a lorry carrying 11 buffaloes in Kampung Repek, Pasir Mas, last Monday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the interception was carried out by a team from the 9th Battalion PGA during Op Taring Wawasan at approximately 2.30 am. The team halted a suspicious lorry driven by a man and found 11 buffaloes weighing around 9,000 kilograms inside the vehicle.

The buffaloes are believed to have been smuggled from Thailand via an illegal route. The total estimated value of the seizure, which includes the vehicle, is RM242,000, stated Commander Datuk Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid in a statement today.

He further mentioned that two local men, aged 26 and 35, were arrested on suspicion of being couriers for smuggling the buffaloes into the local market.