Uganda deports Yemeni National convicted of Rhino horns trafficking

WORLD, Sept. 16 (YPA) – A court in Ugandan has on Thursday ordered for the deportation of a Yemen National Maged Mutahar Ali Al-Maamari after finding him guilty on charges of attempting to export wildlife from Uganda to Egypt without a permit, Mulengera News website reported.

The Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ordered for his deportation and a payment of a fine of 60 million shillings for illegal possession of a wildlife specimen and another 60 million shillings for attempted export of a wildlife specimen and sentenced to caution on charges of conspiring to commit a felony.

The Court heard that the Yemen national together with his driver Abubaker Mustafa chopped a rhino horn into 26 pieces weighing 15 kilograms and packaged it in suitcases in order to conceal their crimes.

The evidence before the Court shows that the duo was intercepted by Uganda Wildlife Authority at the Departure Area of Entebbe International Airport on May 29th, 2022 as they attempted to export the Rhino horn, a protected species.

Ali’s co-accused, Mustafa, was sentenced to pay a fine of 40 million shillings on both charges, and in default, all the convicts were directed to spend 15 years in jail.

They were also directed to forfeit the motor vehicle registration number UBH 194 E that was used in the commission of offenses to be forfeited to the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

E.M