South Sudan: Army Major Arrested Allegedly Smuggling Ivory

May 27, 2016 | Jason Patinkin, Associated Press
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South Sudan authorities arrested an army major and a Chinese oil worker for allegedly trafficking elephant ivory and endangered pangolin meat through the country's Paloich oil fields. National wildlife service officer Bona Adino said he arrested the army officer at Juba International Airport Tuesday with 27 pieces of cut ivory from eight elephants on a cargo flight to Paloich, the country's only functioning oil fields.