Recently, Guangxi Fangchenggang Border Management Detachment Dongzhong Border Police Station seized a batch of smuggled goods.
It was identified that the shipment was the endangered plant Tortoiseshell Peony, which was called "the giant panda in the plant."
On the day of the incident, the police found through a video inspection that a suspect was smuggling smuggled goods on the border of a certain village in Dongzhong Town.
The police quickly arrested a suspect, Xiang, at the scene, and Chen, who had fled, went to the police station to surrender the next day.
The two suspects truthfully confessed to the criminal act of smuggling goods into the country for illegal profit.
It is reported that the tortoiseshell peony is native to the United States and Mexico. It is named after its surface with criss-crossed tortoise cracks, resembling a "tortoiseshell". It grows extremely slowly. The wild tortoiseshell peony with a spherical diameter of about 15-20cm needs to grow for at least 100 years. , Is an endangered species in Appendix I of the "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora", and its import and export is banned by the state.
After appraisal and appraisal by professional institutions, the total value of the tortoiseshell peony seized this time is more than 30,000 yuan.
At present, the case has been transferred to the local customs department for processing.
(Zhang Zhenguo, Fu Hao, Fan Minghao, produced by Zhou Jing)
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]