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		</div><p>Singapore has seized about 12 tonnes of pangolin scales belonging to about 2,000 of the endangered mammals, and nearly nine tonnes of elephant ivory.</p>
<p>The National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said Tuesday it was the city-state’s third major seizure of pangolin scales this year and its largest seizure of elephant ivory to date.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Singapore seizes a record 8.8 tonnes of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/elephant?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#elephant</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ivory?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ivory</a> &; 11.9 tonnes of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pangolin?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#pangolin</a> scales in 3 containers en route from DR Congo to Vietnam <a href="https://t.co/SrrUubURoj">https://t.co/SrrUubURoj</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/STcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stcom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WildlifeCrime?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WildlifeCrime</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WildlifeTrafficking?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WildlifeTrafficking</a> <a href="https://t.co/rZ4b9oYO8e">pic.twitter.com/rZ4b9oYO8e</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CITES (@CITES) <a href="https://twitter.com/CITES/status/1153554830029443073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>An announcement said authorities on Sunday seized the pangolin scales, as well as tusks from nearly 300 African elephants, from containers being shipped to Vietnam.</p>
<p>The pangolin scales were valued at £28.7 million and the tusks at £10.3 million.</p>
<p>The pangolin is said to be the most widely trafficked mammal in the world.</p>
<p>Its scales are made of keratin and are ground up to use in traditional medicines.</p>
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