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HIDDEN RHINO HORN INSIDE TOY BOX

VCN – On 8/5, Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch – HCMC Customs Department said that, the unit has coordinated with Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department  – General Department of Customs and Enforcement team –HCMC Customs Department to detect and temporarily arrest a male passenger, 20 years old, Vietnamese nationality, entered to Vietnam on the flight from Africa to Vietnam. He carried illegally 3 pieces of rhino horns with total weight nearly 1.5 kg inside his personal luggage. 

hidden rhino horn inside toy box
Smuggled rhino horn

Those are the horn of Diceros bicornis, a kind of rare African rhino, the total value of those exhibits is nearly 2 billion vnd.

This man used a sophisticated trick to hide those rhino horns inside personal luggage, especially using toy box in order to escape competent force’s notice. However, by using professional measures and information collection, Customs authorities have discovered timely and stop the case.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs are completing procedure to prosecute a case and continue to collaborate with other competent authorities in order to investigate the line, group and violated acts of the subject.

Earlier, in 4/2017, Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs also collaborated with Anti-Smuggling Crime Police Department (C74) – Ministry of Public Security and Police Division on Economic Management Order and Positions (PC46) – HCMC Police to detect and seize a smuggled case of 5kg rhino horn and over 4kg of products made by African ivory and scab operculum of pangolin. The case has been prosecuted about illegal transportation goods across the border by Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch.

Once again, through this case, it shows the Vietnam’s determination in the commitment of wild and endangered animal protection.

By Lê Thu/Thanh Thuy

Source: http://customsnews.vn/

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DISCOVERY A CONTAINER OF SMUGGLING GOODS AT CAI MEP PORT

On 5/5, Cai Mep port Customs Branch has coordinated with C74, Border Guard Station of Cai Mep port and Customs Enforcement Unit – Ba Ria – Vung Tau Customs Enforcement to inspect and discover a container of used electronic goods which are prohibited import.

discovery a container of smuggling goods at cai mep port
Smuggled electric goods were seized by Cai Mep Customs Branch on 5/5.

According to Cai Mep port Customs Branch, that shipment was in Minh Dat Fashion Company Limited’s name on the import declaration. The company opened Customs declaration at Chon Thanh Customs Branch – Binh Phuoc Customs Department. They declared that import goods were used steel ball bearings for industry and imported from Japan.

When the shipment arrived Cai Mep port for doing transit procedure to Binh Phuoc, Cai Mep port Customs Branch detected suspicious signs that import goods did not match to customs declaration. Thus Customs authority issued a decision to stop transferring the shipment to Customs supervision area and conduct a physical inspection.

As a result, cargoes in the container were electronic goods and refrigeration products that were used and under the list of prohibited import goods.

As known that this is the fifth smuggled shipment was detected by Cai Mep port Customs Branch since the early of the year until now.

Those are photos of the prohibited import goods:

discovery a container of smuggling goods at cai mep port
Customs officers of Cai Mep Customs Branch checked seal number before opening for inspection.
discovery a container of smuggling goods at cai mep port
Dozens of old grills
discovery a container of smuggling goods at cai mep port
Many amplifies was stained
discovery a container of smuggling goods at cai mep port
Old air conditioners
discovery a container of smuggling goods at cai mep port
Refrigerators were made in Japan

By Lê Thu/Thanh Thuy

Source: http://customsnews.vn