Indonesia seizes ton of endangered pangolin scales meant for Chinese clients

Indonesian authorities said they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of scales from endangered pangolins worth more than a million US dollars (Binsar Bakkara/AP)

Indonesian authorities said on Tuesday that they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of scales from endangered pangolins worth more than a million US dollars.

The 1.2 tons of scales worth 1.3 million dollars (£1.03 million) were found in the Asahan district of North Sumatra province on November 11 and were apparently meant to be sent to China via Malaysia and Singapore, said Rasio Ridho Sani, director-general of law enforcement at the environment ministry.