Officials in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have impounded more than 600 pieces of ivory, weighing two tonnes.
“They were labelled as decorating stones and were headed to Indonesia from Tanzania,” a police source based at the port told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The head of operations at the port confirmed the seizure, but said no arrests had been made. He said the documents used to ship the cargo would be used to track its owners, and added that the seized ivory is valued at more than $1 million (750,000 euros).
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