Rhino horn from Beira seized in Hong Kong

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Rhino horn from Beira seized in Hong Kong

7:58 CAT | 19 Jun 2018

Hong Kong Customs have seized about 3.1kg of suspected cut rhino horn pieces with an estimated market value of about HK$620,000 (about R1-million) from a man who allegedly carried them through airport security checks at Beira and Johannesburg. Image: Hong Kong Customs

Authorities in Hong Kong on Sunday seized 3.1 kilos of rhinoceros horn at the city’s airport.

According to local reports, the horn was found in the luggage of a man who had flown from the central Mozambican city of Beira via Johannesburg and Doha.

This was the second seizure of rhino horn at the airport this month. On 6 June 5.9 kilos of horn were confiscated from a traveller on a flight from Johannesburg.

Hong Kong has strict laws covering the import of animal parts from endangered species without a licence, with penalties of up to ten years in prison and 10 million Hong Kong dollars (about 1.3 million US dollars) in fines.

Source: AIM