Three tonnes of African elephant tusks seized in Thai port

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Thai customs officials at Laem Chabang port seized 469 elephant tusks weighing 3.04 tonnes, along with elephant tusk fragments, tail hair, and a lion carcass, which were smuggled from Zambia inside two containers. The contraband was concealed within 32 blocks of processed wood sealed with paraffin wax to evade X-ray detection. Customs director-general…

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