[Commentary] The Mudanjiang Border Management Detachment of the Heilongjiang Border Inspection Station recently released news that the Suifenhe Border Management Brigade, the Suifenhe City Public Security Bureau, and the Suifenhe Customs Anti-smuggling Branch recently cooperated with the police to successfully crack an extraordinarily large case of smuggling precious animal products and arrested the suspect. Six people seized a large number of precious animal products, including 200 suspected antelope horns and 209 suspected tiger bones (including 2 complete skulls), with a case value of about 18 million yuan.
[Commentary] In February this year, after the Suifenhe Border Management Brigade obtained clues on the smuggling of antelope horns and tiger bones for inbound trafficking, they immediately organized a police force to carry out an investigation, and with the strong support of the Suifenhe City Public Security Bureau, they promptly locked the suspects and hoarded the locations of precious animal products .
[Same period] Huang Xiuwen, Deputy Team Leader of Suifenhe Border Management Brigade, Heilongjiang Province
On February 8 this year, we received clues that someone smuggled precious animal products such as antelope horns and tiger bones into the country by way of entrainment from overseas trains. After receiving the clues, we attached great importance and immediately set up a task force to carry out the clues. After a comprehensive analysis and judgment, and through a lot of work, the criminal suspect Guo was quickly and successfully locked. Afterwards, we conducted further investigations in accordance with the overall deployment of the case of the main station detachment and the cut off of the channel. However, due to the outbreak of the epidemic at home and abroad During this period, it brought great difficulty to the investigation of the case.
[Text] On May 26, due to various inconveniences caused by the epidemic, the Suifenhe Border Management Brigade and the Suifenhe Customs Anti-smuggling Branch organized more than 20 capable police officers to launch a net-collecting operation, and arrested the criminal suspect Guo Mou on the spot. At the warehouse, 200 suspected antelope horns and 209 suspected tiger bones (including 2 complete skulls) were seized. After unannounced interrogation and key evidence collection, the above-mentioned precious animal products were found to be smuggled into China.
[Same period] Zhao Wenshan, senior sergeant at level 4 of the Suifenhe Customs Anti-smuggling Branch of Heilongjiang Province
After nearly a month of intensive work, we have successively arrested the persons involved in Jiangmou and Yumou in Haikou City and Suifenhe City in Hainan Province, and conducted a sudden trial of them. Jiang and Yumou explained the fact that they were involved in smuggling, On July 3, with the approval of the Mudanjiang City Procuratorate, our branch carried out an arrest of Guo. After the appraisal, the goods involved were high-nosed antelope horns and tiger bones, both of which were protected by the state as a wild animal.
Reporter Fan Yingjie from Suifenhe, Heilongjiang
Editor in charge: [Zhou Zhaojun]