29 kg of rhino horns seized from man arriving from South Korea
By Phan Anh March 4, 2020 | 10:03 am GMT+7
11 rhino horns seized at Can Tho Airport in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam, March 2, 2020. Photo courtesy of the Customs Newspaper.
11 rhino horns weighing 29 kilograms have been seized from a passenger arriving at Can Tho Airport from South Korea, the Customs Department said.
The horns were found in two bags belonging to Do Thanh Son, 38, who flew in on Monday. His flight was supposed to land in Saigon, but authorities have decided to divert all Korea flights from Saigon to Can Tho to prevent Covid-19 quarantine overload.
Upon questioning by customs authorities, Son refused to open his luggage, saying they contained koi fish and opening it without an oxygenation system would cause the fish to die.
But ignoring his protests, they opened his bags and found 11 horns weighing around 28.7 kg inside one of them.
They were seized and are being tested to determine their sources, customs authorities said. Son has been quarantined since he arrived from South Korea, a hotspot of the novel coronavirus.
The sale and purchase of rhino horns are strictly prohibited in Vietnam, but the country remains one of the biggest consumers, with people believing it has near-miraculous powers to cure diseases like cancer.
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OR Tambo customs officials seize rhino horns worth R117m
14 Jul 2020 - AFP
File photo: A rhino horn confiscated from poachers by National Park Rangers at Mana Pools in Zimbabwe.Getty
Officials at OR Tambo International Airport said on Tuesday that they had seized dozens of rhino horn pieces disguised as art - and valued at about $7 million (about R117 332 250).
They "discovered 41 pieces of rhino horn in a consignment declared as fine art", the customs authorities said in a statement.
The cargo, which was destined for Kuala Lumpur via Doha, was detected during a routine inspection of warehouses at the country's largest airport.
Home to about 80% of the world's rhino population, South Africa has become the epicenter of poaching in recent years, but has seen a steady decline in numbers of rhino killed since 2014.
In 2019, 594 of the animals were slaughtered for their horns, down from 769 in 2018.
Demand for rhino horn is primarily fuelled by consumers in Asia, where it is coveted as a traditional medicine, an aphrodisiac or a status symbol, and can fetch up to $60 000 (more than R1 million) per kilogram.
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File photo: A rhino horn confiscated from poachers by National Park Rangers at Mana Pools in Zimbabwe.Getty
Officials at OR Tambo International Airport said on Tuesday that they had seized dozens of rhino horn pieces disguised as art - and valued at about $7 million (about R117 332 250).
They "discovered 41 pieces of rhino horn in a consignment declared as fine art", the customs authorities said in a statement.
The cargo, which was destined for Kuala Lumpur via Doha, was detected during a routine inspection of warehouses at the country's largest airport.
Home to about 80% of the world's rhino population, South Africa has become the epicenter of poaching in recent years, but has seen a steady decline in numbers of rhino killed since 2014.
In 2019, 594 of the animals were slaughtered for their horns, down from 769 in 2018.
Demand for rhino horn is primarily fuelled by consumers in Asia, where it is coveted as a traditional medicine, an aphrodisiac or a status symbol, and can fetch up to $60 000 (more than R1 million) per kilogram.
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Big Joe Nyalunga Arrested
Big Joe and murder co-accused released on bail
They were released on R1 000 bail each.
5 hours ago
Photo of Joseph Nyalungu as he exits court.
After an urgent bail application by the defence attorney, Joseph Nyalungu (54) and co-accused Elvis Mulimi (50) appeared in White River Magistrate’s Court today. They were released on R1 000 bail each.
The two were scheduled to appear on July 28. They are facing charges of murder and kidnapping, following the death of Willey Shipalana (36) in 2010.
The case was postponed to August 14, for fixing of a trial date in the Nelspruit Regional Court.
Earlier this week, the notorious Nyalungu (Big Joe) was dramatically apprehended for a murder he and two accomplices allegedly committed that year.
Using severe tactical response, Big Joe was woken up by an SAPS Nyala ploughing through his gate in Hazyview, before a task team swooped in on him.
Nyalungu and Mulimi, who was arrested on the same day, are suspected to have abducted and beaten Shipalana to death 10 years ago, before discarding his body in Inyaka Dam. The third suspect has not been arrested yet.
Capt Pottie Potgieter of the police’s diving unit still recalls the day the body was recovered near the dam wall, with concrete blocks tied to the feet.
Mulimi and Nyalungu’s court appearance earlier this week revealed that the latter appeared in court in connection with Shipalana’s murder that year, and never again. From there onward, there is no record of the case.
Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson, Capt Dineo Sekgotodi, said the details as to how and why he was released from custody, are yet to be established. She added that Shipalana, who was an Eskom employee, had been Nyalungu’s neighbour. The murder allegedly followed a business deal that went south. “There most certainly wasn’t a lack of evidence,” she said.
On Monday, Nyalunga is scheduled to appear in the Mpumalanga High Court following his arrest in 2018.
“The delay in the case comes after the investigation officer in the case, Lt Col Leroy Bruwer, was gunned down earlier this year. The case was handed over to a new investigating officer. We believe the High Court is not ready, thus the case is expected to be postponed in absentia,” she said, and added that more charges are likely to be added.
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They were released on R1 000 bail each.
5 hours ago
Photo of Joseph Nyalungu as he exits court.
After an urgent bail application by the defence attorney, Joseph Nyalungu (54) and co-accused Elvis Mulimi (50) appeared in White River Magistrate’s Court today. They were released on R1 000 bail each.
The two were scheduled to appear on July 28. They are facing charges of murder and kidnapping, following the death of Willey Shipalana (36) in 2010.
The case was postponed to August 14, for fixing of a trial date in the Nelspruit Regional Court.
Earlier this week, the notorious Nyalungu (Big Joe) was dramatically apprehended for a murder he and two accomplices allegedly committed that year.
Using severe tactical response, Big Joe was woken up by an SAPS Nyala ploughing through his gate in Hazyview, before a task team swooped in on him.
Nyalungu and Mulimi, who was arrested on the same day, are suspected to have abducted and beaten Shipalana to death 10 years ago, before discarding his body in Inyaka Dam. The third suspect has not been arrested yet.
Capt Pottie Potgieter of the police’s diving unit still recalls the day the body was recovered near the dam wall, with concrete blocks tied to the feet.
Mulimi and Nyalungu’s court appearance earlier this week revealed that the latter appeared in court in connection with Shipalana’s murder that year, and never again. From there onward, there is no record of the case.
Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson, Capt Dineo Sekgotodi, said the details as to how and why he was released from custody, are yet to be established. She added that Shipalana, who was an Eskom employee, had been Nyalungu’s neighbour. The murder allegedly followed a business deal that went south. “There most certainly wasn’t a lack of evidence,” she said.
On Monday, Nyalunga is scheduled to appear in the Mpumalanga High Court following his arrest in 2018.
“The delay in the case comes after the investigation officer in the case, Lt Col Leroy Bruwer, was gunned down earlier this year. The case was handed over to a new investigating officer. We believe the High Court is not ready, thus the case is expected to be postponed in absentia,” she said, and added that more charges are likely to be added.
https://lowvelder.co.za/629601/big-joe- ... d-on-bail/
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Only R1000 bailThey are facing charges of murder and kidnapping, following the death of Willey Shipalana (36) in 2010.
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