Illicit shipment: Customs officers have seized 4,400kgs of frozen pangolin carcass, worth about $890,000.

Customs officers have seized 4,400kgs of frozen pangolin carcass, worth about $890,000. The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department has confirmed the species is endangered.

The consignment, declared to be frozen fish, was shipped from Indonesia on July 16 for re-export to the Mainland. 

Customs examined the cargo in Kwai Chung Customhouse and found frozen pangolin carcass camouflaged by frozen fish, piled up inside the container.