Six Tanzanian nationals have been sentenced to between eight and 11 years in Mozambique jails for poaching, the media confirmed.
The Mozambican O País newspaper
quoted a statement from the National Administration Conservation Areas
as saying the criminals were seized after a three-year investigation.
The Tanzanians, the O Pais reported, were sentenced alongside their two Mozambican accomplices.
The convicts' main target were elephants at the Niassa Nacional Reverse (NNR) since 2017, the paper said.
Mineral resources
NNR is located in northern Mozambique, with one of its boundaries, the Ruvuma River, bordering Tanzania.
Located some 1,516km north of Maputo, NNR is also rich in mineral resources.
The
reserve covers more than 42,000-kmSq, and is considered of profound
importance to the global conservation of African wildlife.
Last
month, a Mozambican court at Mecula District in Niassa Province
sentenced 10 Tanzanian nationals for illegal exploitation of natural
resources at NNR.
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