Interpol seize 4.5 tonnes of ivory

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A huge international police operation seized 4.5 tonnes of elephant and rhino tusks, leading to 376 arrests, Interpol said today.

Lyon : A huge international police operation seized 4.5 tonnes of elephant and rhino tusks, leading to 376 arrests, Interpol said today.

Operation Worthy II mobilised police forces in 11 countries from January until October: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, the international police organisation said in a statement.

The operation saw 25 trafficking groups disbanded, while thousands of illegal wildlife products were seized including more than 2,000 pangolin scales and 173 live tortoises.

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