Police in Mozambique yesterday arrested a man who was trying to sell elephant tusks in the city of Pemba, Cabo Delgado province, in the north of the country. The 40-year-old man was caught trying to sell the tusks for 2,000 meticais (€28) per kilogram in the Metula neighbourhood of the provincial capital, police spokesperson Eugénia Nhamússua told the media today. "We are processing the report to legalise his arrest, for subsequent steps," she explained. After his arrest, the man admitted that he had received "the order" in the city of Nampula and that last Friday he had travelled to Pemba to sell the ivory in the company of a friend, now on the run, but a potential buyer had reported the crime. According to data from the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), Mozambique has around 10,000 elephants, which continue to be targeted by poachers seeking ivory to sell.