Photo gallery: Malaysian customs seize record 24 tonnes of ivory worth $24.4m
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Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012, Malaysian customs officers pose as they display elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian authorities have seized 1,500 elephant tusks in a US$20 million (S$24.4 million) shipment that was believed to have been headed to China. -- PHOTO: AP
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Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur on Dec 11, 2012. Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of unprocessed elephant tusks worth almost US$20 million (S$24.4 million), the largest haul in the country to date. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012, Malaysian customs officers pose as they display elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian authorities have seized 1,500 elephant tusks in a US$20 million (S$24.4 million) shipment that was believed to have been headed to China. -- PHOTO: AP
Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur Dec 11, 2012. Malaysia's customs authorities late Monday seized two containers with some 1,500 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing around 24,000 kg and estimated to be worth US$20 million (S$24.4 million), according to a press release issued by the Malaysian Customs Department on Tuesday. The ivories, which were loaded in Togo, travelled through Algeciras, Spain, before finally arriving in Port Klang. Although shipping documents listed the containers' final destination as Port Klang, customs intelligence said that the containers were planned to be sent to China. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Malaysian customs officers show elephant tusks which were recently seized in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur on Dec 11, 2012. Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of unprocessed elephant tusks worth almost US$20 million (S$24.4 million), the largest haul in the country to date. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of unprocessed elephant tusks worth almost US$20 million (S$24.4 million) , the largest haul in the country to date, officials said on Tuesday.
Some 1,500 tusks hidden in two containers were discovered by customs officials at the country's main port of Klang, in the western state of Selangor.
