*Translated from the Portuguese by an automated online translation service, so please excuse the roughness. See link for original. * Angolan police detain poachers who slaughter elephants for ivory trafficking TVi24 May 10, 2021 See link <https://tvi24.iol.pt/internacional/detencoes/policia-angolana-detem-cacadores-furtivos-que-abatiam-elefantes-para-trafico-de-marfim> for photo. The Angolan police arrested seven poachers, including an inspector, in the Bicuar National Park, in Huíla province, who were mainly hunting elephants for the sale of ivory. The suspects' detention took place as part of investigations carried out by the local Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), which also culminated in the seizure of seven firearms. “The detention of seven citizens in the Bicuar National Park of these citizens, presumed to be the perpetrators of the crime of criminal association, and seven firearms were found in their possession. They were arrested red handed,” said SIC spokesman in Huíla, Sebastião Vika, speaking to Angolan public radio. According to the official, detainees had the preference of slaughtering elephants to sell ivory. One of those involved, in statements to the radio, said that he killed an elephant and traded the ivory to a Namibian citizen, at the price of 5,000 rand (292.1 euros). https://tvi24.iol.pt/internacional/detencoes/policia-angolana-detem-cacadores-furtivos-que-abatiam-elefantes-para-trafico-de-marfim