Five in Court Over 235kg Ivory Haul as Trial Postponed

 

(Posted 20th September 2025)

 

Judith Nyuke, 263 Chat (Zimbabwe), September 18, 2025
The trial of five suspects, including a woman, who were arrested in Braeside, Harare, in June this year for the recovery of 41 elephant tusks weighing 235kg, was postponed at the Harare Magistrates Court on Wednesday because one of the accused’s lawyers was engaged at the High Court. It is the state’s case that the five accused persons acquired, transferred and possessed raw, unmarked ivory without a permit which they intended to sell to potential buyers along Seke Road in Harare.
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