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therubbish trapinPort Dickson yesterday,pic COURTESYOFFIRE ANDRESCUE DEPARTMENT

PORT DICKSON： Firemen had to becalledintosaveaturtleweigh

ing150kgafterithadgottenstuck inarubbishtrapneartheTuanku Ja’afarpowerstationhere.

The turtle, believed to be a hawksbill{Eretmochelysimbrica- ta),wasfoundbystaffatthesta

tion’sdrainagesection.

State Fire and Rescue Depart

ment assistant director (Opera

tions) Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar utes later and began the oper- loweredbyropeintothewaterto saidsevenfiremenfromthePort ationtosavetheturtle.Theturtle freetheturtle,”hesaid.

Dicksonstationweredespatched was unable to move as it was

tothesceneafterreceivingadis- trapped betweentwo oftheiron edabout30minutes.Hesaidthe turtlewasnotinjured.Itwaslater

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Mukhlissaidtheoperationlast- barsintherubbishtrap.

“Several firemen were then releasedintothesea.

tresscallat11.45am.

“Theteam arrived a few min-