Two held after 225 pangolins found in raid

Two suspected wildlife smugglers have been arrested after a raid on a port warehouse in Sumatra uncovered more than 200 pangolins, many of them dead from stress and dehydration, Indonesian authorities said.

Only 110 of the 225 pangolins found in the raid by navy personnel at Belawan port in Medan were alive, ministry of environment and forestry official Halasan Tulus said.