Singapore Customs and the National Parks Board (NParks), which staged the joint operation that led to the haul, say the scales are likely from 17,000 pangolins, taking into account the weight of the various species.ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
SINGAPORE (ANN): In the biggest single haul in the world in recent years, Singapore authorities on Wednesday (April 3) seized 12.9 tonnes of pangolin scales worth S$52.3mil (RM157.6mil) from a container at the Pasir Panjang Export Inspection Station here.
The scales originated from Nigeria and were bound for Vietnam. They were found packed in 230 bags among packets of frozen beef, and declared to contain "frozen beef".
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