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Tusks seized at Suvarnabhumi

Authorities have confiscated 11 African elephant tusks from Ethiopia at Suvarnabhumi Airport and arrested a Vietnamese trying to smuggle them out of the country.

Guyen Hoai Nam was arrested on Saturday while waiting to board a Thai Airways International flight to Phnom Penh, said Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, deputy director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department.

Officials charged Guyen with taking the tusks out of the African country and into the kingdom without permission.

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  • yik

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    Discussion 1 : 17 Dec 2012 at 21.041

    Details missing, therefore I wonder, "arrested a Vietnamese trying to smuggle ... was arrested on Saturday while waiting to board ..." this (elephant tusks) is heavy stuff that does not fit in ones average briefcase.

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