Smuggled African ivory seized at southern airport

More than 90kg of ivory worth over 4 billion VND (190,500USD) were seized last week at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, customs officers said.
More than 90kg of ivory worth over 4 billion VND (190,500USD) wereseized last week at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho ChiMinh City, customs officers said.

The goodsfrom unspecified locations in Africa included 39 tusks and 100 ivoryhandicraft items. They had been declared as food and successfullysmuggled through several countries before arriving in Vietnam, theofficers said, adding that the case was being investigated further.

Just a few days earlier, customs officers at the airport haddiscovered 77 elephant tusks weighing 110kg being smuggled into thecountry from Nigeria. This haul on June 10 was also worth more than 4billion VND.

Ivory trade is banned under theConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Faunaand Flora (CITES) as well as Vietnamese law.-VNA

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