Translated from French by an automated online translation service, so please excuse the roughness. See link for original. Thank you to Anne Dillon for volunteering time to finding these French articles and doing the online translating.
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The agents of the airway Authority (RVA) of the N’Djili International Airport got into their hands, Sunday, October 18, 2015, four suitcases belonging to two Vietnamese subjects by the name of Theduong and Phugiang.
After check-ins made in the new modular terminal by agents of the RVA, it was found that these four suitcases contained 60 pieces of ivory tusks and two rhino horns weighing a total of 113 kg including 3 bags of 30 kg each and 23 kg.
Alerted by the RVA, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (LDB) yesterday dispatched a delegation Tuesday, October 20, to N’Djili airport to find entry and retrieve the parcel. As a reminder, the LDB, among other missions, carries on the fight against the extinction of rare species, including the elephant rhino, and gray parrot. To return to the seizure, investigations reveal that four suitcases were destined for Hanoi, capital of Vietnam. The two suspects were to travel on the airline Air France.
Inspectors of DGDA handling the case raise the question of why agents clerk at the check-in at the office of the partner did not also detect a suspicious package? Had it not been for the new system implemented, with the new modular terminal, where all the luggage, through check-ins of airlines agencies undergo a new check-in in N’Djili, the four suitcases would have been taken to their destination, to the great joy of their owners.
To recall, earlier this year, with the assistance of the security service agents, more advanced kg of ivory were seized in a residence occupied by West African subjects in the common Barumbu. Informed DGDA had acted as it did yesterday. Unfortunately, the arrival of the inspectors at the scene found that the owners of the house had taken to their heels, leaving movable and immovable property. They continue to run the streets despite the hunt conducted against them.
The same is true of two Vietnamese who, despite the research conducted in the waiting room and in the nooks and crannies of the departure lounge, have not been found. Some people wonder where are they went after they realized that their coup was foiled. In any event, it appears that many Congolese have become aware that their country will not be rebuilt by themselves. This is what justifies this nationalistic impulse that occurs increasingly on the part of agents operating in strategic state services. Such agents deserve a reward for their bravery, patriotism and dedication.
Rombaut Ot
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