Dozens of live pangolins were seized from suspected traffickers close to Malaysia's border with Thailand, officials said on Wednesday, thwarting the latest attempt to smuggle the critically endangered creatures.<br/><br/>The pangolins, the world's most heavily trafficked mammals, were recovered on Tuesday in two separate raids in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah.<br/><br/>Despite concerted efforts to clamp down on trafficking, the illegal pangolin trade remains a major problem.<br/><br/>Pangolins also known as scaly anteaters fetch a high price on the black market as their meat is prized as a delicacy and their body parts as ingredients in traditional medicine in some areas of Asia and Africa.<br/><br/>In the first incident on Tuesday, a Malaysian man was caught with 85 pangolins in the town of Changlun near the border with Thailand, Kedah wildlife chief Muhammad Ali Che Aman told AFP.<br/><br/>Later, Malaysian officials stopped a Thai man at a roadblock near a crossing into Thailand and found 55 sacks, each containing a live pangolin, and bags full of scales, said local border agency chief Abdul Latif Abdul Rahman.