KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of unprocessed elephant tusks worth almost $20 million, the largest haul in the country to date, officials said Tuesday. Some 1,500 tusks hidden in two containers were discovered by customs officials at the country’s main port of Klang, in the western state of Selangor. The tusks had been hidden within pieces of timber inside the containers, which had originated from the west African nation of Togo. State customs director Azis Yaacub said in a statement that the cargo had been transferred from one ship to another in Spain and was believed to be headed to China. “The two containers were found to be filled with sawn timber. Inside the wood there were secret compartments that were filled with elephant tusks,” he said.