56 kg of ivory and ivory products hidden in imported goods
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Thursday, 19 July 2012 09:35
Source 2012-7-19 8:58:55 Ningbo Evening News
Reporter learned yesterday, Recently, Ningbo Customs has seized a number of endangered species of wild animal products, including ivory and ivory products up to 849, weighing over 56 kilograms, valued at more than 280 million.
The end of May 2012, a company to Ningbo Customs declaration of import a group of wooden decorations from Africa. The goods have been to Hong Kong a few months, enterprises have to pay a lot of Demurrage & Detention.
Customs inspection of the Customs Officer to carefully review the declaration information: the name "wooden decorations (wooden statues, etc.)" gross weight of 40 tons, to declare the amount of $ 40,000. Single from the surface did anything wrong.
Only $ 40,000 of goods, but to allow shippers willing to pay a large Demurrage & Detention is clearly unreasonable. Inspection Customs Officer decided that the full-down box on the consignment.
An out-of-the-box door, customs inspection Customs officers found large and small wooden statue of the number of regular packaging, but they must attack to plug together, very messy.
Checked about ten minutes, checking the Customs Officer found in a cardboard box with a milky Buddha, the material is not wood, such as teeth or bones of large animals, crystal clear. In addition, a large cardboard box then found three suspected ivory original teeth, they very closely with three layers of kraft paper packaging ...
The final inspection results are shocking: ivory original teeth, there is an elephant skull, ivory carvings and ivory chopsticks, and other products of animal teeth, crocodile skin, snake bag, length over 5 meters of python skin. These animal products are package hidden in the cardboard box, plug scattered in various parts of the container.
Authority experts, the batch of seized animal products included in the Convention on International Trade, "in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix I, an elephant skull and ivory 849, and the inclusion of the" Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Convention on International Trade in Appendix II of hippopotamus teeth products, crocodile class products, python skin, and its products, the generals giant scorpion specimens. 973 the total number of these precious animal products, including ivory and ivory products worth more than 2.8 million yuan.
At present, the suspicion of the crime of smuggling, the parties have been under criminal detention.
