How high-profile poacher Mansur Mohamed Surur walked into open arms of police

Mansur Mohamed Suru was on the run for more than a year.

It is not yet known when Mansur Mohamed Surur got entangled in the dark world of illegal game trading and poaching. But for close to a decade, Surur was part of a four-man gang that traversed the African continent decimating elephant and rhino populations for profit.

Within that period, Surur and his three colleagues Moazu Kromah, Amara Cherif and Abdi Hussein Ahmed, were responsible for the poaching of approximately 35 rhinos and more than 100 elephants for close to a billion shillings in sales.