On June 30, 2010, the defendant, Shi Xiuhong arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport on a flight from Congo. Shi carried two pieces of blackwood and chose to go through the "Non-declare channel" to enter China (declared nothing to the customs). The customs officials discovered the blackwood packed in silver paper in his suitcase, and the hollow black wood contained elephant tusks, which weighed 2.086kg in total. The next day, 20 ivory products, weighing 0.865kg, were discovered in the milk powder cans and cups which were also packed in silver paper in another suitcase belonging to the defendant. The seized elephant tusks and ivory products were worth 206293.317 RMB in total.
Shi Xiuhong claimed that he was entrusted by other person to carry the blackwood back and to hand it over to a professor in China. He alleged to not know that there were elephant tusks in the blackwood before he was stopped by the customs. (Provided by: UNODC SHERLOC)