Rhino horn worth R3m seized at OR Tambo
Customs officials in Johannesburg have stopped an attempt to smuggle two rhino horns out of the country.
The horn seized at OR Tambo International Airport weighed over 10-kilograms and is valued at more than R3-million.
The SA Revenue Service says officials found the horn in a shipment of taxidermy that had been profiled for examination at a cargo forwarding company.
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As no documents were made available the destiny of the horn could not be established.
The horns were handed over to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for further investigation.
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