The authorities confiscated Bt40 million worth of elephant tusks and pangolin scales at the Samui International Airport earlier this month, Customs Department’s director general Kulis Sombatsiri said at a press conference Friday.

“Officials minutely X-rayed cargo boxes and found these illicit items,” he said, adding that this was the biggest haul this year.

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