Two held for smuggling ivory
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TWO men have been arrested after entering Shanghai Railway Station on Tuesday with more than 50 ivory products illegally imported from Africa, Shanghai railway police said.
The suspects, on their way back to their hometown in Anhui Province for the holiday, allegedly owned up that they had bought the products in Zimbabwe where they worked and intended to sell them for a profit in China.
One of the suspects, a man surnamed Li, was found to have 10 ivory objects wrapped in a cloth bag tied to his waist when going through a security checking gate at the railway station, police said. More such objects were discovered in his shoulder bag.
Police added that 30 objects were found in a suitcase of the other suspect, a man surnamed Cui.
Local wildlife experts said the products were made from African elephant ivory, which is banned in China.
Police said the suspects would have to spend the Spring Festival holiday in the detainment center in Shanghai.
If convicted, they could face up to five years in jail.
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