Chinese Cops Bust Smuggler With Panda Cub Fur - Reuters

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BEIJING - Chinese police have detained a man trying to sell the fur of a young panda -- seen as a national treasure in the country -- for about US$30,000, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.


The man, surnamed Yang, was caught when he was about to finish the 250,000 yuan (US$31,310) sale in the southeastern port city of Xiamen, Xinhua said.
"The fur is 60 centimetres (24 inches) long and belonged to a panda cub," it quoted experts as saying.

Yang and his accomplice, who is wanted by police, bought the fur with 6,000 yuan seven years ago from a man in the country's southwest where most pandas live, the report said, adding police also found the pelt of a clouded leopard with Yang.


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