Vietnamese customs seize large shipment of suspected rhino horns, wildlife bones

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Sunday, July 18, 2021, 16:39 GMT+7

Vietnamese customs seize large shipment of suspected rhino horns, wildlife bones
Customs officers examine the suspected rhino horns detected from a shipment delivered from South Africa to Da Nang City, Vietnam, on July 17, 2021. Photo: Son Nguyen / Tuoi Tre

Customs officers at the Da Nang port in central Vietnam have discovered a shipment of over 100 kilograms of suspected rhino horns and more than three metric tons of alleged wildlife bones imported from South Africa with a fraudulent customs declaration.

The discovery was made when customs inspectors, in conjunction with other relevant units, examined a suspicious shipping container of goods shipped to the port of Da Nang City on Saturday.

The inspectors found 138kg of suspected rhino horn and about 3.1 metric tons of animal bones probably from rare and precious wildlife species, which were all packed in cartons placed in the container.

The shipment owner had falsely declared the imported goods…

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