5 ivory traffickers including a son of former Minister of Finance arrested with two large tusks
Cameroon, 5 Sep 2019
5 ivory traffickers including a son of former Minister of Finance arrested with two large tusks in the capital city. The ex-minister’s son was transporting the tusks, weighing 53 kg and measuring close to 2 m in length, in his car together with the other four traffickers. Right before they intended to offload the contraband, they were swiftly arrested in a police ambush. One of them attempted to escape but was quickly arrested too. The trafficking ring is connected to the syndicate of pangolin scales and ivory traffickers who were arrested in Douala in March 2019. Tusks of this size are rarely seen nowadays as poachers massacre younger and younger elephants for the tusks.
