Two tonnes of suspected elephant tusks found at Sai Gon port
Saturday, 08/10/2016 19:40 (GMT+7)
Two tonnes of goods suspected to be elephant tusks were discovered recently at Sai Gon Port by the Customs Office at the port and t he Police Department for Smuggling Prevention C74 under the Ministry of Public Security.
Two tonnes of goods suspected to be elephant tusks are found at Sai Gon port. (Source: VNA)
According to the port’s Customs Office, checks on a batch of wood imported from Mozambique revealed 12 hollow logs containing 569 chunks suspected to be elephant tusks, weighing a total 2,052kg.
All the suspicious goods were sent to the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for identification./.
CPV/VNA
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