{Rwanda National Police (RNP) is holding ten people including foreigners, after they were arrested attempting to traffic elephant tusks through Rwanda.}<\/p>\n
The Deputy Commissioner for Public Relations and Media, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Lynder Nkuranga, said the suspects include six Rwandans and four Guinea-Conakry nationals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects were arrested separately as they attempted to use Rwanda as a transit route to their destination in Asian, with about 80 kilograms’ of partially processed Ivory,\u201d CSP Nkuranga said.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations indicate that the elephant tusks had been smuggled from Tanzania, although suspects claim that they got them from the DR Congo.<\/p>\n
Latest reports indicate that most of the smuggled ivory comes from Tanzania, where elephants are said to be endangered due to poaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations are still underway to ensure that all those that could be connected to this criminal business, are arrested to face the wrath of the law. Rwanda can\u2019t be a transit or destination for illegal trade or safe haven for criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn line with environmental and wildlife protection, we have a mandate under both local and international legal instruments, to protect the world\u2019s elephant population and wildlife in general; Rwanda National Police is committed to implementing these legal tools and it\u2019s part of the RNP\u2019s international cooperation to fight cross-border crimes,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n
In March this year, Rwandan Courts also sentenced three Guineans and a Rwandan to six years in jail after they pleaded guilty and for trafficking about 88kgs of ivory.<\/p>\n
The Eastern Africa region is currently faced with a wave of ivory smuggling, but CSP Nkuranga said that RNP remains awake against poaching and cross-border crimes in general.<\/p>\n
In March this year, about 4,000kgs of ivory were seized in Uganda.<\/p>\n
Other 105 tons of ivory were also destroyed in Kenya in April this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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