Alice McKeegan
Source: The Manchester Evening News
January 27, 2010

More than a tonne of live rock coral, which was being illegally imported into the country has been seized at Manchester Airport.

In one of the largest ever seizures of the endangered species, the coral was discovered in air freight which had been flown more than 7,000 miles from Indonesia.

Officials from the UK Border Agency swooped on a consignment containing scores of rare corals, which are protected under the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species.

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