Shijiazhuang Customs seized about 4 kilograms of smuggled wild animal products.

Suspected wildlife products seized by Shijiazhuang Customs Photo by Yang Zhengxuan

　　BEIJING, Shijiazhuang, March 20 (Li Xi Kuangye) Shijiazhuang Customs revealed on the 20th that it recently seized about 4 kilograms of wild animal products such as rhinoceros horn, tiger bone, antelope horn, dried seahorse and bear gall suspected of being smuggled into the country. It is reported that this is the first smuggling crime case of endangered animal products cracked by Shijiazhuang Customs in this year’s special campaign against smuggling of wild animals and their products.

　　On March 17th, Shijiazhuang Customs cracked a case of smuggling wild animal products into China, arrested one suspect and seized about 4 kilograms of wild animal products suspected of smuggling into China.

　　According to the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Shijiazhuang Customs, since the outbreak of pneumonia in novel coronavirus, Shijiazhuang Customs has organized a special campaign to crack down on the smuggling of wild animals and their products in the whole customs area. In the next step, the customs will continue to maintain the high-pressure situation of smuggling, carry out special rectification with relevant departments, highlight key points and strike hard, cut off the smuggling chain of wild animals and their products, and earnestly safeguard the national ecological security and people’s lives, health and safety.