Indonesian
authorities have seized more than 650 dead pangolins hidden in freezers
and arrested a man.
The critically endangered species is a delicacy in
parts of Asia and is used in traditional medicine.
Police found the
animals when they raided a house in Jombang district on the main island
of Java, after neighbours became suspicious about the number of freezers
at the property.
The 55-year-old house owner has been arrested as a
suspect.
He could face five years in prison and a fine of 100m rupiah
($7,500) for breaking wildlife protection laws.
The pangolins were found
wrapped in plastic and stored in five large freezers, East Java
province police spokesman Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono told news
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