A trafficker with hippo teeth arrested
Uganda, 28 Oct 2015
More hippo teeth trafficker in Uganda behind bars! A trafficker with hippo and warthog teeth was arrested in Uganda. In the operation, carried out by EAGLE Uganda and police team the trafficker was arrested red handed, during an attempt to sell the teeth. He has been trafficking hippo ivory for many years, collecting it from poachers in DRC and bringing to Kampala market, he often trafficked larger amounts of the contraband.
The trafficker from Kampala has been in the business for many years, he traded with the hunters from Congo (DRC). Before his arrest he had spent over three weeks moving around with the contraband in a small polythene bag fixed inside another bag.