Hai Phong customs officials seize huge amount of elephant tusks
The Hai Phong customs
office has caught the biggest smuggled elephant tusks over the last two
years.
The Hai Phong customs
office has caught the biggest smuggled elephant tusks over the last two
years.
On October 9, Customs officials in Hai Phong city seized over 2 tonnes of smuggled elephant tusks, 146.5 kilograms of the sea turtle scales and 2.3 tonnes of dried sea mollusks.
The smuggled products, categorised as temporary import for re-export goods, were hidden in a 40-feet container which declared as 20 tonnes of sea oysters originating from Malaysia.
Elephant tusks and sea turtle scales have been named on CITES banned list.-VNA
On October 9, Customs officials in Hai Phong city seized over 2 tonnes of smuggled elephant tusks, 146.5 kilograms of the sea turtle scales and 2.3 tonnes of dried sea mollusks.
The smuggled products, categorised as temporary import for re-export goods, were hidden in a 40-feet container which declared as 20 tonnes of sea oysters originating from Malaysia.
Elephant tusks and sea turtle scales have been named on CITES banned list.-VNA
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