Eight cut pieces of rhino horns transiting through Changi Airport were seized yesterday.
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Acting on a tip-off, AVA worked with the Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority to investigate. We inspected the luggage of a 29-year-old Vietnamese man flying from Dubai to Laos via Changi Airport and found the cut rhino horn pieces.
In Singapore, it is an offence to illegally import and export/ re-export, transit, possess, sell, offer/advertise for sale or display to public any illegal wildlife species protected under CITES.
Read the full press release at https://goo.gl/5stqrF
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Source: fb post by Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA)