Police in Zimbabwe intercepted a luxury bus carrying four elephant tusks valued at R1.6 million.
The tusks were found stashed in a secret compartment on a Citiliner coach.
Limpopo police spokesperson Hlangwani Malaudzi told the media the two bus drivers were arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post and taken to court in Musina.
Only one person was found guilty and fined R8,000 for smuggling and the illegal possession of ivory.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) told state media in Zimbabwe they want to clamp down on ivory smuggling syndicates.
It’s not clear whether the tusks were from Hwange National Park, where syndicates used cyanide to kill over 100 elephants.
Four people convicted recently for illegally possessing ivory in Zimbabwe have each been given 15-year jail terms.
Earlier this month, the man who supplied the cyanide used to kill the elephants was released on R1,000 bail.
It’s unclear where Elvis Mncube got the cyanide from.
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Eyewitness News
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