1,500 pieces of tusks seized at the Royal Malaysian Customs were hidden in wooden crates, purpose-built to look like stacks of sawn timber! The following pictures illustrate the Malaysian Customs ivory bust in progress. Pictures courtesy of WWF Singapore (their Facebook Page) – . Also see full report at http://www.traffic.org/home/2012/12/11/massive-african-ivory-seizure-in-malaysia.html.
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Filed under: CITES, Customs Inspection, Illicit Goods Tagged: Africa, CITES, Elephant, Malaysia