Customs officers from Anti-Smuggling Department under General Department of Vietnam Customs and Tan Son Nhat Airport Customs Division yesterday seized 77 elephant tusks allegedly transported from Nigeria.
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The tusks weighing 110 kilograms, worth around VND4.4 billion (US$207,600), were sent as personal items from Nigeria, via Doha, and then to Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City.
Further investigation is being carried out by the airport customs officials.