Singapore authorities have seized the biggest illegal shipment of ivory and other exotic animal parts in more than a decade from Kenya.
The ivory which was seized yesterday is estimated to be worth over 500 million dollars.
Singapore authirities say the animal parts were discovered stashed among bags of tea leaves in two 20-foot containers while transiting through the city-state to Vietnam.
Authorities uncovered 1,783 pieces of raw ivory tusk hidden among the bags, the statement said.
Four pieces of rhino horn and 22 teeth believed to be from African big cats — cheetahs and leopards — were also found in the containers.
CLARET ADHIAMBO