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Hong Kong Seizes $3.45 Million Worth of Smuggled Ivory From Africa

Description:Hong Kong seized a record HK$26.7 million ($3.45 million) worth of ivory tusks and ornaments smuggled from Africa, in one of the world's biggest seizures of illicit ivory on Saturday (October 20). Hong Kong and neighbouring Guangdong customs officers seized 1,209 ivory tusks and 1.4 kilogrammes of ivory ornaments in a joint anti-smuggling operation at Kwai Chung container port in the territory earlier last week. The haul of tusks seized, which weighed a total 3.8 tonnes, cost the lives of 60 (1:04)

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