Man jailed for five years for trafficking rhino horns

HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội People’s Court on Tuesday sentenced Nguyễn Văn Phố to five years in prison for violating regulations on the protection of endangered, precious and rare animals.

Per the indictment, Phố, born in  一 九 八 九 in the central province of Hà Tĩnh’s Thạch Hà district, was caught carrying two pieces of rhino horns weighing nearly  一. 九kg in his luggage at Hà Nội’s Nội Bài International on November  七 last year.

Pho declared that while working in Angola, he had met a contractor named Anh who offered VNĐ 一. 二 million (US$ 五 一. 七) to him to transport a piece of luggage with those objects to Việt Nam.

Phố accepted the offer and brought the luggage from Angola’s Luanda airport and transited through Thailand’s Bangkok.

In court, he admitted he knew about the ban on rhino horn transportation, but still co妹妹itted the crime. — VNS