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Guangxi

Crocodile skins, meat seized

More than 1,600 crocodile skins and 500 kilograms of what appears to be crocodile meat has been seized, coast guards in Fangchenggang said on Thursday. During a patrol on Tuesday, coast guards boarded a boat at about 3 am that contained a number of large polystyrene boxes. Upon inspection, the boxes contained what appeared to be 1,609 crocodile skins, each about 1.4 meters long, and 506 kilograms of crocodile meat. The boat and its owner have been detained.