VietNamNet Bridge – Customs agents in the northern city of Hai Phong discovered nearly 1.4 tonnes of pangolin scales and 20 elephant tusks weighing more than 100kg hidden inside a container shipped from Nigeria.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh yesterday sent a letter complimenting the General Department of Viet Nam Customs for discovering the trans-border trafficking of elephant tusks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police and customs officers yesterday (April 22) recovered two suitcases containing elephant tusks and ivories at Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi.

Local police seized 2.2 tonnes of tusks smuggled into Viet Nam from Nigeria August 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers from Anti-Smuggling Department under General Department of Viet Nam Customs and Tan Son Nhat Airport Customs Division on June 11 seized 77 elephant tusks allegedly transported from Nigeria.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers at the northern port of Hai Phong on Saturday found more than a ton of elephant tusks hidden in a container of 15 tons of charcoal.

Just within one year, Vietnamese competent agencies discovered 17 drug trafficking cases in which 53.16 kilos of drugs, 138 kilos of elephant tusks and 28.61 kilos of rhino horns were carried across the border gates.