Elephant tusk smuggler seized in HCM City
Customs officials at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport on June 30 seized a Vietnamese man illegally transporting 21 kilograms of African elephant ivory tusk products into the country.
Twenty elephant tusk-based products were secretly hidden in the luggage of a man, who was returning from France.
Investigations into the case are underway.
Ivory-based products sell at a high price to Vietnamese buyers. The government has banned both the import of elephant tusks and the hunting of elephants for tusks.
Last month, a US$13 million project was approved by the government aimed at protecting wild elephants in the country.