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The Customs Department display confiscated ivory at the Port Authority of Thailand in Bangkok. Officials say they have seized four tonnes of ivory worth US$6 million hidden in bean sacks in what they are calling the biggest bust in the country’s history. Customs Department director-general Somchai Sujjapongse says the 739 elephant tusks were bound for Laos but seized at a port in Bangkok. - Pornprom Satrabhaya and Pattarachai Preechapanich