HONG Kong customs officers have confiscated 3.6 tonnes of ivory worth $US3.4 million ($A3.30 million) in their biggest ever seizure of endangered species products, authorities say.
Acting on a tip from customs officials in neighbouring Guangdong province in mainland China, Hong Kong officials found the ivory tusks and ornaments in two containers shipped from Tanzania and Kenya.
Officers on Tuesday found nearly 1000 pieces of ivory tusks weighing more than 1900 kilograms as well as 1.4kg of ivory ornaments in a container from Tanzania. The ivory was hidden in bags of plastic scrap.
A day later, officers found 237 pieces of ivory tusks weighing about 1900kg in a shipment from Kenya.
Authorities in China have arrested seven people, including one from Hong Kong.
The ivory seizure tops one in 2011 worth $2.2 million.
"This is the biggest haul of ivory tusk in Hong Kong customs enforcement history in a single operation," said Lam Tak-fai, head of Hong Kong's Ports and Maritime Command.
Wildlife activists blame China's growing presence in Africa for an unprecedented surge in poaching elephants for their tusks, most of which are believed to be smuggled to China and Thailand to make ivory ornaments.
Under Hong Kong law, anyone found guilty of trading in endangered species products faces up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $640,000.
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