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Zim cops arrest man trying to smuggle ivory, python skin into SA

by Staff reporter
06 Oct 2015 at 10:34hrs | Views

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a Zambian national for allegedly trying to smuggle ivory and a python skin into South Africa, Zimbabwe state radio said on Tuesday.
Obie Chola, 31, was arrested at the Victoria Falls border post on Monday, en route to South Africa, according to a report on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's Power FM.
Chola, from Lusaka, was allegedly found in possession of "150 pieces of ivory" and a 3-metre-long python skin. The ivory, which weighed more than 25kg, is said to be worth $6 320.

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