An official checks for fingerprints and DNA on smuggled elephant tusks. The Customs Department on Friday said the ivory had been seized at Samui airport after it had been transported from Africa, along with a large quantity of pangolin scales
The department was working closely with the Royal Thai Police and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to stamp out ivory smuggling, particularly tusks from Africa that were brought into the country illegally and later carved and sold as decorative local ivory, Mr Kulit said.