A Norwich woman has been involved in the illegal sale of tiger parts to a buyer in China, it has emerged.

The discovery of a package containing four tiger paws and a tail by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport’s World Distribution Centre sparked an investigation which would lead back to Norwich.

The package containing parts of a tiger, one of the world’s most endangered species, had been sent from an address in the city and was destined for Shanghai, but was intercepted before it could leave the country.

Norfolk police were alerted to the find and began an investigation, together with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, during which they executed a warrant at the home address of Ruolan Mi, the director of MZ Trading Ltd, who had sent the package.

Although no other animal parts were found during the search of the property in Bowthorpe police interviews with the suspect revealed the tiger skin had been purchased on the internet before the parts were packaged up and sent onto an existing customer in China.

Source: Eastern Daily Press

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