adminSINGAPORE. — Singapore authorities said yesterday they had intercepted about one tonne of ivory worth US$1.6 million in a shipping container marked as carrying coffee berries. The seizure was made in an export inspection station at the Pasir Panjang port on March 25 following a tip-off, Singapore Customs and the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) said in a statement.
“The shipment, which was declared as coffee berries, was transiting through Singapore from Africa in a six-metre container and destined for another Asian country,” the statement said.
The shipment contained 106 pieces of raw ivory tusks weighing about one tonne, it said. The statement did not mention if arrests had been made, but said investigations are on-going. — AFP.
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