Smuggled mammoth tusks seized in Thailand
15/3/2005 17:17
Some 6.8 kilograms of mammoth tusks, believed to be millions of years old,
have been seized in Thailand, said the customs officials.
The fossil was
seized from an Afghan trader earlier March in the northern city of Chiang Mai,
Bangkok Post on Tuesday quoted Customs Department chief Sathit Limpongphan as
saying.
The confiscated tusks were believed to have been smuggled into the
kingdom to be sold to collectors here.
The customs displayed the tusks relic
at a press conference, stressing that trade in the fossil was
prohibited.
It's the first time the Thai authorities have seized smuggled
tusks of mammoth, a huge woolly elephant-like mammal existed millions of years
ago.
Xinhua
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