Learn: haul, market value, seizure, tusks, transported
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It’s an impressive haul.
Four tonnes of ivory, with a market value of $6m. Customs officials in Thailand say it’s the biggest seizure in the country’s history.
The elephant tusks were tracked from the Democratic Republic of Congo for two months.
Officials say they were being transported to Laos, from where they believed the ivory would be sold to customers across Asia.
Vocabulary
haul
an amount of stolen or illegal items
market value
potential price of an item if it is sold
seizure
(here) act of capturing something using force
tusks
long and pointy teeth coming out of an elephant’s mouth
transported
taken from one place to another