Thailand seizes 136 live pangolins smuggled from Malaysia


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 31 Aug 2017

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BANGKOK: Thai customs officers have confiscated 136 live pangolins, the world's most poached animal, and 450kg of pangolin scales worth 2.5 million baht (RM320,805), officials said on Thursday.

Authorities managed to intercept the smuggled pangolins which entered Thailand from Malaysia late on Wednesday after a tip-off.

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