We don't check every parcel, says SARS after rhino horn find
03 August 2015 - 09:31
Not every parcel that goes through OR Tambo International Airport's mail centre is checked by customs officials, SARS said yesterday. SARS spokesman Luther Lebelo said he had no information about three parcels containing rhino horn that passed through the airport from Mozambique to Hong Kong.He said there was a possibility that some parcels of contraband went through the airport's mail centre without being detected.
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