Inspectors at the Hai Phong Customs Department opened a 40-foot container yesterday afternoon at Chua Ve Port and discovered large quantities of illegal ivory.

The container, MAEU 7919347, was carried to the port on April 29th from Kenya by ELL EN ship.

Documents for the container indicated that it only contained processed wood.

However, inspectors found the ivory carefully hidden in the wood and no businesses have registered to pick up the containers for three months.

Two businesses that the container was addressed to refused to accept it.

A leader at the Hai Phong Customs Department estimated that the illegal ivory weighed about 200 kilograms.

Source: Tien Phong

Translated by Ngoc Hung