DA NANG (VNS) — Nearly eight tonnes of smuggled ivory, rhino horns and pangolin scales were discovered after a two-week investigation, deputy head of the central region's anti-smuggling team Pham Van Thien said today.
He told Viet Nam News the investigation was jointly conducted by the investigation agency under the General Department of Customs, the public security ministry's anti-smuggling police, Border Guard Force and the central city's port administration.
"We have completed the investigation and examination of the largest amount of wildlife products smuggled via ships at the central city's Tien Sa Port," Thien said, after the final examination of the smuggled goods.