HCMCity (VNA) – The customs at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport inHo Chi Minh City said on March 6 that it has discovered 12 pieces of rhino hornweighing a total 6.2 kg in the luggage of a passenger arriving on a flight fromDoha (Qatar).
Preliminaryexamination showed the horn pieces are from the African rhino, the trade of whichis banned under the Convention on International Tradein Endangered Species (CITES).
The49-year-old passenger, a Vietnamese citizen, has been detained for illegaltransporting rare wildlife.
Investigationinto the case is under way. /.
VNA