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Mombasa's Sh44m ivory trafficking suspect says he has never seen elephant tusks

Ivory smuggling suspect Faisal Mohammed. PHOTO: FILE

MOMBASA: A key suspect in the Sh44 million ivory trafficking trial in Mombasa has claimed he had never seen elephant tusks before his arrest and also disclosed that he was betrayed to Interpol by a Kenyan police informer in Dar es Salaam where he was arrested on December 22 2014.

Feisal Mohamed Ali also denied any links to international ivory trafficking and also disclosed that Interpol officers who arrested him claimed he had been a fugitive for ten years.

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