Three men accused of smuggling elephant tusks and attempting to sell the wildlife contraband to undercover detectives in Walvis Bay is set to bring a formal bail application to the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s court later today. Dirk Vermeulen, Edgar Clark were arrested almost three weeks ago and their co-accused Micheal Lusse was arrested a few days later in connection with the sale of two elephant tusks. They were all remanded in custody during the initial appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court Three more suspects have been arrested after the Namibian Police with the help of the Namibian Defence Force chased down a poacher with a helicopter in the commercial farming area south west of Otavi. The arrest of the three additional suspects followed the arrest of Joseph Ngoma who made his first appearance in the Otavi Magistrtate’s Court last week. Daniel Shilongo, Efraim Ashimbanga and Valentine Kandongo also made their first appearance in the Otavi Magistrate’s Court and their case has been added to that Ngoma.