HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs busted a massive endangered species smuggling operation from Africa, seizing a record quantity of pangolin scales along with more than 1,000 ivory tusks, as authorities step up the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking.
The value of the seized goods – which equates to around 500 elephants and up to 13,000 pangolins – was over HK$62mil, (RM32mil) officials said yesterday.
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