Kenyan Authorities Confiscate Illegal Ivory
Illegal
ivory weighing 300 kilogrammes has been seized by
the Kenyan government.
The
ivory was hidden in a coffin on a plane bound for
Laos.
The
haul included 16 elephant tusks and black rhinoceros
horns. Officials said the blood on the ivory
suggested the animals had been killed very recently.
The
flight which stopped in Nairobi originated in
Mozambique and was bound for Thailand and then Laos.
Reports say the haul of ivory may have had a value
of about $1m.
Officials from Kenya's Wildlife Service said the
ivory might have come from Tanzania or South Africa.
The
international ivory trade has been banned since
1989. The sale of ivory is illegal if the ivory is
not from pre-1989 stockpiles.
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