7 held on suspicion of selling pangolins
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Seven people are in police custody in central China’s Hunan Province for allegedly selling thousands of pangolins, a state-protected endangered mammal.
In March, police in Xiangtan caught two men attempting to sell two of the animals to a local restaurant, Dai Hongwen, deputy chief of the local forest police, said yesterday.
Police confiscated two pangolins weighing 6.5 kilograms and 4.5kg. The animals can sell for 1,800 yuan (US$290) per kilogram, Dai said.
Based on the statements of the two main suspects, the gang they headed had been trading in wild animals since 2001.
Pangolin meat is popular in some parts of China and their scales are believed to have medicinal qualities. But the law states that people who catch, kill, buy or sell them could face more than 10 years in prison and a fine.
The seven people have been in police custody since late April.
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