2 traffickers arrested 135 kg of hippo teeth
Uganda, 22 Dec 2016
2 significant traffickers arrested in West of the country with 135 kg of hippo teeth and two elephant tusks. Abel and the team cut short their annual vacation to get these two behind bars. They both are long term criminals, trafficking ivory and other contraband for years. They worked as a team for the past 5 years, collecting and storing the hippo and elephant ivory in their village. They emptied their storage for this transaction as they were planning to move their illegal activity to Kenya. When the police and NRCN team surprised them in a hotel room with the contraband concealed in 2 bags, they resisted the arrest violently, but it did not stop the team from putting them behind bars.