Hong Kong makes its biggest seizure of illegal ivorypublished Sun, Oct 21 2012 01:55 GMT
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong seized HK$26.7 million ($3.5 million) of ivory tusks and ornaments smuggled from Africa, authorities said, the territory's largest ever seizure of illicit ivory that is still widely sought despite an international ban. Customs officers in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong confiscated the ivory, weighing a total of 3.8 metric tons, in raids at a container port last week, the Hong Kong government said. "It is the biggest ever in Hong Kong in the number of tusks seized in a single seizure," a government spokesman said. ...
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