article_snippet.sent: Thailand has seized three tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest bust in Thailand's history, customs officials said today.
article_snippet.sent: The ivory, hidden among tea leaves, was shipped out of Kenya on March 24 and went through ports in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore before coming to Thailand, he said.
article_snippet.sent: Thailand is one of the top destinations for African ivory smuggling in Asia and could face international sanctions soon if Thailand doesn't show progress in combatting the problem.
article_snippet.sent: Thailand is one of the top destinations for African ivory smuggling in Asia Asia and could face international sanctions soon if it doesn't show progress in combatting the problem the problem .
highlights_snippet.sent: Three tons of ivory discovered in second-biggest bust in Thailand's history .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Three tons of ivory discovered in second-biggest bust in Thailand's history .
   had travelled via Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore on a ship from Kenya .
  