Eight suitcases full of ivory seized at Zurich airport

Elephant tusks with estimated black-market value of about 265,000 were being transported from Tanzania to China via Switzerland

Swiss authorities say customs officials at Zurich airport have seized 262kg (578lb) of ivory that three Chinese men had dispatched from Tanzania.

Switzerland's customs authority said the ivory - found during a security check on 6 July and packed in eight suitcases - had an estimated black-market value of about 400,000 Swiss francs (265,000).