Police in the northern coastal city of Haiphong yesterday seized another batch of ivory illegally imported from Africa at Lach Huyen Port.
125 kilos of ivory tusks are seized at Lach Huyen Pork in Haiphong City on February 6
This was the second of its kind seized within five days.
The ivory was hidden in a container owned by HMD Technicality Technology Joint Stock Company. The container was transported on the KOTA LIHAT E184 ship which arrived at Lach Huyen Port on February 3.
HMD had declared that the container contained cow horn which had been cleaned and dried. They imported the goods from Nigeria to make handicraft products. This kind of good is allowed to be imported following the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
However, through checking, customs officers and police at the port then found 42 pieces of ivory tusks weighing 125 kilos hidden among the cow horns inside the container Vietnam has an ivory trading ban.
Earlier, on February 2, a container containing 117 pieces of ivory tusks with a total weight of 490kg was also seized at the port after being imported by HMD Technicality Technology Joint Stock Company.
Police are further investigating the case.