Uganda Governance Monitor
Uganda Governance Monitor
The Uganda Wildlife Authority said it arrested a suspected ivory trafficker in a joint operation with the police Special Wildlife Crime Unit in Nwoya District and recovered ten elephant tusks weighing 154 kg. According to UWA, the suspect is to be charged before the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court with unlawful possession of protected wildlife specimens.
Official claim: These are the figures given by Uganda Wildlife Authority; they could not be checked independently.
1 arrested or detained