Rhino horns weighing nearly 4 kilogrammes with estimated value of nearly 8 billion VND (over 352,000 USD) have been seized at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, the airport’s custom officers said on June 14.
Pieces of rhino horns seized at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Rhino horns weighing nearly 4 kilogrammes with estimatedvalue of nearly 8 billion VND (over 352,000 USD) have been seized at Tan SonNhat International Airport, the airport’s custom officers said on June 14.
Eight pieces of horns (Cerathotherium simun) werediscovered in the luggage of a 36 year-old man and a 32-year-old woman who haveVietnamese citizenship, flying from Africa to Vietnam. Pieces of horns werehidden in cosmetic and cookie boxes, and glazed terra-cotta kettles.
The Customs Branch at the Ho Chi Minh city-basedTan Son Nhat International Airport prosecuted the case and is working withrelevant authorities on further investigation.
So far this year, the airport’s customs, thePolice Department for Smuggling Prevention and the Police Department forEconomic Crime Investigation – Ho Chi Minh Police discovered and seized 6 kg ofrhino horns and 10 kg of elephant’s tusks that smuggled across the airport.
There are only 25,000 wildrhinos in the world at present, with the population dropping by 95 percent overthe last four decades. South Africa is home to some 20,000 rhinos, or 80percent of the total.
Up to 1,175 rhinos were poached in the countryin 2015, down slightly from the record of 1,215 in 2014. However, many expertsbelieve that the true number of poached rhinos is much higher.
Poaching is attributed to rising demand forrhino horns in some Asian countries, including Vietnam, since many people inthese nations believe that rhino horns can cure illness, a claim notcorroborated by science.
Conservationists have warned that rhinos willbecome extinct within the next 10 years if poaching is not stopped. The lastJava rhino in Vietnam was killed at Cat Tien National Park in 2010.-VNA
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Nearly 2,600 cases of violation had been handled as of March 15 by the customs sector, with the total goods value of 66 billion VND (2.9 million USD), according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The customs at Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City, in coordination with the police, has seized seven pieces of rhino horn weighing nearly 5 kg.
Customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on May 4 discovered over 4kg of products from elephant tusks and pangolin scales illegally transported from Africa to Vietnam.
Customs force at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on May 14 said it has detained a Vietnamese national for illegally transporting wildlife products on a flight from Africa to Vietnam.
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Pieces of rhino horns seized at Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Source: VNA) 
