Customs to destroy alligator skin bag worth $19,000 over $51 missing permit
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An alligator-skin designer handbag worth $19,000 is to be destroyed after a woman imported it into Australia but its would-be owner failed to buy a $51 permit. The luxury bag was seized by the Australian Border Force in Perth on the suspicion it might have been involved in the illegal wildlife trade. The handbag shopper had arranged a CITES export permit from France, but didn't make an application for an import permit from the Australian CITES.