Sickening Cargo: Fifteen Pounds Of Rhino Horn Found In False Bottom Box

Customs officers uncovered nearly seven kilos (15 lbs) of horns from critically endangered black rhinos being trafficked through a German airport.

The sickening haul – worth more than 340,000 British pounds ($428,000) on the black market – was being sent to Vietnam.

German officials at Leipzig Airport found 16 pieces of rhino horn weighing 6.7 kilograms (14.7 lbs) arriving on a flight from Angola in southern Africa.