Libyan Woman Arrested At Egypt’s Borg Al-Arab Airport For Ivory Smuggling

A Libyan woman was arrested on Friday after attempting to smuggle several bags of ivory through Borg Al-Arab airport in Alexandria, reported state news agency MENA.

The woman was travelling from Tobrok airport via Libyan carrier Afriqiyah Airways.

Customs officers found several plastic bags full of cylinder-shaped pieces of ivory, painted in black for camouflage, in her luggage.

The passenger was referred to the prosecution for investigation while the ivory pieces were sent for veterinary quarantine.

Source : Ahram online