Sabahi (Washington, DC)

Tanzanian Authorities Arrest Nine Suspects With 70 Elephant Tusks

30 July 2013

Authorities have arrested nine people, including two police officers, in possession of 70 elephant tusks in Tanzania's Coast region, Tanzania's The Citizen reported Monday (July 29th).

The suspects were apprehended Sunday evening in Kisarawe district, said Coast regional Police Commander Ulrich Matei. The policemen are affiliated with the Oyster Bay Police Station in the Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam.

"The 70 confiscated tusks show that some 35 elephants were killed for the ivory," Matei said. The tusks weigh 305 kilograms and have an estimated value of 850 million shillings ($525,000).

The suspects will be arraigned in court when investigations are complete.

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