5 traffickers arrested with 3 elephant tusks
Ivory Coast, 28 Oct 2022
5 traffickers arrested with 3 elephant tusks. 4 traffickers were arrested attempting to sell 2 tusks at the outskirts of Abidjan. They denounced the brain behind the deal activating the others. When arrested he claimed to have stolen the tusks from his boss, who is a Lebanese national. Further investigations led to the seizure of a third ivory tusk.
