HANOI (AP) – Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly a tonne of ivory smuggled from Africa after locating nearly five tonnes in five previous shipments to the same port in the past two months.
Ho Chi Minh City’s deputy customs chief, Le Dinh Loi, said the ivory seized Monday and Tuesday was hidden inside timber in two containers that arrived at Cat Lai port and was en route to neighbouring Cambodia.
The smugglers packed the ivory with wax and sealed it inside emptied-out timber, he said Wednesday.
More details in Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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