Upon on-site inspection, the packages were found to contain two suspected ivory products, shaped as figurines of the immortals He Xiangu, a fairy girl in the Chinese legend of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, and the God of Longevity. Photo: web

 
Recently, during the supervision of inbound express parcels at Shijiazhuang Airport Customs, officers detected anomalies in the X-ray images of two shipments declared as "T-shirts." 

Upon on-site inspection, the packages were found to contain two suspected ivory products, shaped as figurines of the immortals He Xiangu, a fairy girl in the Chinese legend of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, and the God of Longevity.

After appraisal by a professional institution, both items were confirmed to be products made from modern elephant ivory, with a total weight of 1.47 kilograms. The case has now been transferred to the customs anti-smuggling department for further handling.

According to regulations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of the Import and Export of Endangered Wild Fauna and Flora, except for cases involving the legal possession of an import-export license issued by the national endangered species import and export regulatory authority and the completion of customs procedures accordingly, any form of trade, transportation, or mailing of endangered species and their products across borders is illegal. Severe violations constituting a crime will be subject to criminal liability in accordance with the law.