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The ivory, concealed in 25 boxes, was impounded from a Ugandan and three accomplices in south Sudan. They were arrested at the Juba International Airport, according to Khamis Adieng, the spokesperson of the South Sudan Ministry of Wildlife.
Four people have been arrested for allegedly smuggling about 1.2 tons of ivory into South Sudan.
The ivory, concealed in 25 boxes, was impounded from a Ugandan and three accomplices in south Sudan. They were arrested at the Juba International Airport, according to Khamis Adieng, the spokesperson of the South Sudan Ministry of Wildlife.
"It flew from Entebbe to Juba by Ethiopian airlines some days back," Adieng said adding that that it passed through the customs office at the Juba International Airport, and the boxes were declared as food items.
"Security… told us that yesterday it was supposed to be flown to Egypt and later elsewhere to Malaysia," Adieng added.
The ivory, concealed in 25 boxes, was impounded from a Ugandan and three accomplices in south Sudan. They were arrested at the Juba International Airport, according to Khamis Adieng, the spokesperson of the South Sudan Ministry of Wildlife.
"It flew from Entebbe to Juba by Ethiopian airlines some days back," Adieng said adding that that it passed through the customs office at the Juba International Airport, and the boxes were declared as food items.
"Security… told us that yesterday it was supposed to be flown to Egypt and later elsewhere to Malaysia," Adieng added.
