Ivory and rhino horn seizure in Belgium

Feb 1993, a joint effort of the Begian police and the Belgian custom investigation service resulted in seizure of 22 rhino horns and 400 pieces of ivory in Brussels. The rhino horns, total weight 51.2 kg, were confiscated on 11 Feb 1993 from the apartment of an elderly woman who acknowledged that her home had served as a depository for a central Brussels antique shop. The horns varied in weight, heaviest weighing nearly 6 kg. The age of the horns was not determined but one specimen appeared to be very fresh with tissue still attached at the base.