In the container, Hai Phong Customs Department and many units discovered 117 pieces of ivory, weighing nearly 500kg, illegally imported from Africa.
Hai Phong Customs Department coordinated with the Coast Guard Region 1 Command and the Steering Committee 389 of Hai Phong city to open a lead clip of a suspected container carrying smuggled goods.
According to the authorities, this shipment was imported by HMD Technology Joint Stock Company (in Hanoi). The goods included a shipping container on board XinWenZhou 147E, which entered Lach Huyen port on January 22.
117 pieces of ivory with a total weight of 490kg were discovered by functional forces (Photo: Hai Phong Customs Department).
In the declaration, the enterprise declares that the goods include an item called “Cow Horns (COW HORNS)”, scientific name bos taurus, not on the list of prohibited imports (according to CITES), used for the production of furniture. crafts. Goods have been preliminarily cleaned, cleaned and dried, 100% new, made in Nigeria (Africa).
However, through professional measures, the customs force suspected that this container contained ivory, which is banned from import.
On February 2, at Lach Huyen port, the Customs Enforcement Team and Dinh Vu Port Customs Branch (Hai Phong Customs Department) chaired and coordinated with the Command of the Coast Guard Region 1, the Border Guard Hai Phong Department, Hai Phong Police check the above suspicious container.
At the inspection, the functional force discovered 117 pieces of ivory with a total weight of 490kg mixed with imported farmed cow horn.