BACOLOD CITY: Maritime police in southern Negros Occidental seized 7,000 kilograms of fossilized giant clam shells, locally known as taclobo, in Sitio Ondol Pasil, Barangay Cayhagan, Sipalay City on Tuesday, October 26.

Maj. Don Archie Suspeñe, officer-in-charge of the 4th Special Operations Unit of the Philippine National Police Maritime Group, said that at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, they received a report from a concerned citizen that giant clams were being collected in Barangay Cayhagan.

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