Customs officials in Port Klang in Malaysia have seized a container filled with elephant tusks with an estimated value of US$760,000. The tusks were hidden among motor vehicle tyres while the paperwork said the container carried polyster and nylon strand matting.
The container had been shipped from the port of Cape Town. Malaysian Customs officials said the container was destined for Malaysia and was not being transhipped through the South East Asian country.
Customs officials in Port Klang in Malaysia have seized a container filled with elephant tusks with an estimated value of US$760,000. The tusks were hidden among motor vehicle tyres while the paperwork said the container carried polyster and nylon strand matting.
The container had been shipped from the port of Cape Town. Malaysian Customs officials said the container was destined for Malaysia and was not being transhipped through the South East Asian country.
According to reports a number of containers found to be carrying smuggled tusks have been detained in Port Klang.
It is thought that Cape Town is being used for the smuggling of containers out of South Africa as the port lacks x-ray scanning equipment such as that used in Durban.
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