The horns were being transported by a Chinese national Lian Jianying, and are suspected to have been smuggled from Africa. The woman now faces a court hearing.
Cambodian Customs and Forestry Administration officials seized more than 30 kilograms of rhinoceros horn at Phnom Penh International this week, forestry officials said.
The horns were being transported by a Chinese national Lian Jianying, and are suspected to have been smuggled from Africa. The woman now faces a court hearing.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature’s Un Chakrey told the Phnom Penh Post it was uncommon to see rhinoceros horns smuggled in Cambodia.
“We focus on cross-border smuggling, but usually it is elephant [ivory] across the border with Vietnam,” Chakrey said.
Khem Vuthyravong, a wildlife rescue hotline worker with the Wildlife Alliance, said, “We don’t think Cambodia is the final destination for these products from Africa; it’s just used as a transit country for people working for Vietnamese traders.”