Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said the department’s wildlife crime bureau solved 136 cases with 387 arrests and seized RM434 million worth of assets.

“The bureau also worked with the ministry of national resources and environmental sustainability and United Nations Development Programme to help combat wildlife crime and to conserve iconic species, particularly the Malayan tiger in Peninsular Malaysia, the banteng in Sabah and the orangutan in Sarawak,” he said during the department’s monthly assembly at Bukit Aman today.

Razarudin also said the General Operations Force seized over RM279 million worth of assets throughout the year.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve Unit conducted 34 raids, where it made 76 arrests and seizures totalling RM37.1 million.

The marine police solved 7,103 criminal cases, including those related to smuggling, with seizures and fines amounting to RM210 million.