200 tusks seized, MPs decry illegal hunting (Tanzania)

Patrick Kisembo and Judica Tarimo, IPP Media
July 26, 2007

Police in Dar es Salaam are holding a person they say was found in possession of 223 elephant tusks.

Kinondoni Regional Police Commander Jamal Rwambow yesterday named the man as Hamidu Hassan, saying the arrest was made on Tuesday at Kimara Kirungule on the city`s western outskirts.

The development came as legislators now assembled in Dodoma for the National Assembly`s annual Budget meeting spat fire over reports of gross violation of hunting laws by both Tanzanians and foreigners and called for immediate intervention by the government to arrest the situation.

RPC Rwambow hinted that the tusks were harvested from 112 elephants killed by poachers and were being specially packed for export.

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