Singapore authorities have seized a shipment of ivory and other exotic animals worth an estimated $6 million equivalent to Ksh580 million.
3.7 tonnes of ivory and other exotic animal parts seized in Singapore on transit to Vietnam from Kenya. pic.twitter.com/eKrxvtxLFj
— Kenyan Facts (@KResearcher) May 19, 2015
SINGAPORE seizes Sh578mn haul of ivory & other exotic animal parts in two containers transiting from Kenya to Vietnam http://t.co/mbkRR66Me3
— Breaking News KE! (@BreakingNewsKE) May 19, 2015
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The biggest illegal shipment in more than a decade is believed to have been in transit from Kenya to Vietnam.
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and Singapore Customs in a joint statement, confirmed the seizure saying the animal parts were discovered stashed among bags of tea leaves in two 20-foot containers.
Classic 105 reports that 1,783 pieces of raw ivory tusks, 4 pieces of rhino horns and 22 teeth believed to be from African big cats were hidden among the bags.
Singapore nets biggest #ivory seizure in decade with the haul from Kenya worth Sh580M https://t.co/aEhwxtWXVJ pic.twitter.com/HppwJfxu8F
— Classic105Kenya (@Classic105Kenya) May 19, 2015
According to the authorities, the haul weighed 3.7 tonnes and is the largest seizure of illegal ivory in Singapore since 2002 when six tonnes of ivory were intercepted, Capital Fm reports.
