Resident Magistrate's Court judge sentenced two Chinese pay a fine of 108 billion shillings or imprisonment for 30 years in prison after being found 728 pieces of elephant tusks without a permit.
The court also ordered the confiscation of three vehicles, two of the defendants claimed being kind to Noah used to carry the trophy.
Delivering the judgment the court yesterday, Magistrate in Charge, Cyporiani Mkeha, said the defendants had been convicted on two charges of three faced that are diagnosed with teeth that would permit the attempt to bribe the Sh 30,250,000 for the soldiers who came to arrest.
"In a charge of being diagnosed with these teeth without approval, each defendant will be required to serve a sentence of imprisonment to 30 years in jail or pay a fine of Shs 54,358,650,000," said Judge Mkeha.
He said the charge of attempting to bribe the soldiers, each defendant was ordered to pay a fine of one million shillings or to five years in prison and the punishment will go together.
He said he considered the arguments of both parties, but based on the evidence presented before the court exactly how the land inavyopoteza elephant population losses obtained.
"This is a case deserving punishable limitation based on the evidence presented, the court is satisfied that the prosecution has been able to prove the charges against the defendants and the defendants could not be held accountable effectively set a mesh evidence of the prosecution," said Judge Mkeha.
He said due to the state's why the accused are convicted of the two counts.
Before the release of the judgment, the Attorney General, Comfort Nchimbi, asked the court to give severe punishment to the accused because their action has caused death to about 226 elephants.
Nchimbi said it appears the accused were bearers of such acts of poaching that has not happened since arrested the other suspects arrested with a large number of elephant tusks as they since starting in 2010 until 2014.
"Suspected these do not need the sympathy of the court to consider the seriousness of the offense they committed, elephants were killed is equivalent to a quarter of the number of elephants 892 allegedly killed in the country from 2012 to 2013, according to national statistics these animals if there were national lingeingiza its output in industry tourism, "said Nchimbi.
For his part, defense counsel, Nehemiah hand, had requested to be iwahurumie accused are the culprits for the first time denying that they are the leaders of poaching.
The defendants were committing the November 2, 2013 in Street Rhinoceros prevailing Mikocheni in Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam. It was alleged that the defendants were found fragments of these teeth weighing 1,880 kg that are worth Sh 5,435,865,000 and the owners without government approval.
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