国内英语资讯:Beijing raid seizes thousands of suspected ivory products
<p><span word="BEIJING">BEIJING</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 12-- <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="seized">seized</span> 3,185 <span word="pieces">pieces</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="products">products</span> -- <span word="weighing">weighing</span> 48.3 <span word="kg">kg</span> <span word="combined">combined</span> -- <span word="were">were</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="display">display</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="stalls">stalls</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guanxin">Guanxin</span> <span word="Market">Market</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chaoyang">Chaoyang</span> <span word="District">District</span>. <span word="Ten">Ten</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="questioning">questioning</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="raid">raid</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="items">items</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="labs">labs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="confirm">confirm</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span>.</p><p><span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="craftsmen">craftsmen</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="carving">carving</span> <span word="elephant">elephant</span> <span word="tusks">tusks</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span> <span word="artworks">artworks</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="ban">ban</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="processing">processing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sale">sale</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="dropping">dropping</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="smuggled">smuggled</span> <span word="ivory">ivory</span> <span word="tracked">tracked</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> 80 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="peak">peak</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p>
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