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Large batch of bear paws seized at Far East airport

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KHABAROVSK, January 30 (RIA Novosti) - Transport police at Khabarovsk airport in Russia's Far East have seized the largest haul of bear paws in five years, a police source said on Wednesday.

A parcel, containing 16 bear paws with a black market value of over $1000 each, was discovered by police. The sender, from the city of Okhotka in the Khabarovsk Territory, has yet to be identified.

Bear paws are one of the most expensive Chinese delicacies, served in luxury restaurants and used primarily in traditional Chinese medicine to treat anything from cancer to impotence.

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