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URA arrests illegal ivory dealer

by Sarah Kagingo
August 16, 2017
URA arrests illegal ivory dealer

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Uganda Revenue Authority [URA] enforcement team has arrested a man with illegal pieces of ivory.

URA said in a statement that its enforcement team working on intelligence busted Mohamed Hussein Elhusseiny who claims to work with the Egyptian embassy in Uganda.

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He was found with six pieces of ivory and five ivory cut offs in his home.

Mohamed H Elhusseiny presented to the URA team a diplomatic ID.

“Ivory is a restricted good possession of which is against the law. C/s 200(d) (ii) EACCMA, 2004,” URA statement added.

The United Nations years back raised a red flag about ivory seizures in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania which it said accounted for 80 percent of what was seized around the world.

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