A container full of ivory disguised as groundnuts has been seized on Monday (July 8, 2012) at the Port of Mombasa, thanks to inter-agency collaboration between the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya Police and Kenya Revenue Authority.

 

The weighing of the ivory began today from 10:00am. The consignment had been declared as 240 bags of groundnuts. Two other containers are lined up for verification.

 

According to KWS Spokesperson, Paul Mbugua, the contraband cargo was destination for Malaysia just like the one seized last week. Preliminary reports indicate that a total of 119 gunny bags had been used to wrap either a single or double pieces of ivory.

 

Together with the ivory inside the container were unprocessed groundnuts in gunny bags. More details will be known once the weighing exercise is completed.