HONG KONG, China --- A record eight tons of pangolin scales found in a container from Nigeria was unveiled by Hong Kong officials Friday, underscoring the city's central role in the booming illegal wildlife trade. Customs officers said they conducted a joint investigation with mainland officials on 16 January, seizing 8,300 kilos of pangolin scales and 2,100 kilos of ivory tusks hidden inside a container --- declared to be carrying frozen beef --- at a customs facility. "This is a record high in quantity for a seizure of pangolin scales," the customs department said in a statement. A man and a woman from a trading company in the city have since been arrested, the department sa...
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