Title:

Businessman gets 5 years for unlawful possession of dried elephant meat

Publication Year:
2021
Abstract:

The Livingstone Subordinate Court has sentenced a Lusaka businessman of Garden-Chilulu compound to five years imprisonment with hard labour for unlawful possession of 196 kilograms of dried elephant meat. Ministry of Tourism Sakabilo Kalembwe has told #Mwebantu in a statement, that the businessman has also been sentenced to one year-six months imprisonment to run concurrently for escaping lawful custody in 2019 after being arrested for unlawful possession of 241 kgs of elephant ivory

Series Title:
Mwebantu
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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