Customs officials in Germany have confiscated about 1,2 tons of ivory - the biggest such haul in the country, officials said in a news conference in Berlin on Friday (September 09). The find - several complete tusks but also ivory carvings and cut up pieces - is worth over 1 million euros, German customs said in a statement. "We are talking about the biggest amount of ivory that was ever confiscated in Germany. Customs officials found 625 kilograms of ivory after opening the boxes, which led to the arrest of two suspects in a warehouse near Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate at the end of August. Investigators found some 570 kilograms of ivory there, as well as grinding and cutting machines.

Source: Thanhnien News September 09, 2016 19:52 UTC