Chinese customs officers recently announced that 11.9 tons of smuggled1 pangolin scales had been confiscated2.

中国海关近期宣布查获重达11.9吨的穿山甲鳞片。
Meanwhile, two suspects, surnamed Li and He, who used fake names to register their packages for import, have been arrested.

The huge amount of pangolin scales were found on a ship which was registered as empty but was instead found to be loaded with charcoal3 at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, city of south China’s Guangdong Province on July 1.

Shenzhen customs officers inspect bags of pangolin scales. /CNS Photo

Li Ping, a Shenzhen customs official, said 239 bags of suspected pangolin scales were hidden in a container. Animal experts believed that 2,000 to 3,000 pangolins had been slaughtered4 in order to amass5 that many scales.

The South China Wildlife Identification Center later confirmed that the scales were from endangered pangolins banned from international trade. At current market price, the seized pangolin scales were worth 200 million RMB (approximately 30 million US dollars), according to officials.

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1 smuggled 3cb7c6ce5d6ead3b1e56eeccdabf595b
水货
参考例句：
The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
2 confiscated b8af45cb6ba964fa52504a6126c35855
没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。
3 charcoal prgzJ
n.炭，木炭，生物炭
参考例句：
We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。
4 slaughtered 59ed88f0d23c16f58790fb11c4a5055d
v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 amass tL5ya
vt.积累，积聚
参考例句：
How had he amassed his fortune?他是如何积累财富的呢？
The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。

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