Tete: Member of Notorious Poaching Gang nabbed.

This Friday, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in Tete detained a national in possession of eight ivory tusks that were the product of the slaughter of four elephants in the Mgoè district.

In the administrative post of Mukumbura, close to the border with the Republic of Zimbabwe, the poacher in question got caught up in the police net while attempting to sell his trophies.

A complaint to the National Administration of Conservation Areas led to the citizen's imprisonment.

The ivory tusks, according to a SERNIC representative in Tete, weighted ninety-four kilograms and were being sold for 3,000 meticais each.

The person detained, according to Celina Roque, is a member of a gang of criminals who were committed to poaching in the Mágoè.