Smuggled chinchilla fur seized in Shenzhen  

狀若絨絲貴比黃金 港男子帶149條龍貓皮入境被截查

13日，深圳皇崗海關(guān)在福田口岸旅檢大廳查獲一宗港客攜帶149條龍貓皮入境案。涉案男子承認(rèn)是受雇他人，收取了帶工費(fèi)，將龍貓皮從香港攜帶入境，作工業(yè)加工用。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A man who tried to smuggle 149 pieces of chinchilla fur from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, Guangdong province, was seized by customs officers at Shenzhen's Futian Port on Wednesday.

Chinchilla fur is known as a kind of "super material" for making fur clothing. The value of the fur is equivalent to gold in weight, according to a customs official.

A designer fur coat made of chinchilla can sell for $30,000 to $100,000, said the official, who added that making a single chinchilla fur coat can take the skin of over 100 chinchillas.

An investigation of the smuggling case is still under way.