3 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Congo, 31 Jan 2024
3 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks. One of the traffickers is the manager of the sawmill workshop of a logging company. They arrived in a taxi with the tusks concealed inside dresses in a backpack. On arrival, all three got out of the taxi and two made several phone calls while the third trudged behind, keeping cover and guard. The team pounced and arrested the two, while the trafficker on the watch for law enforcement fled and hid in an undergrowth but was soon arrested during a search that was quickly carried out.