Laos seizes illegal rhino horns worth nearly $240,000 from Singapore to Vientiane flight

October 25, 2017 1:26 PM

VIENTIANE (VIENTIANE TIMES/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Customs officials at the main airport in the Laotian capital of Vientiane have confiscated five pieces of illegal horns worth about US$176,000 (S$239,730) from the endangered African rhino after they were transported on a SilkAir flight from Singapore to Laos.

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