Two people are being held by police in Tanzania after the seizure of a consignment of illegal ivory at Dar es Salaam port, officials say.
Agents confiscated 81 tusks, from an estimated 41 elephants, the port authority and tourism ministry said.
The tusks were fresh, meaning that the animals were killed in the last month.
Tanzania's deputy tourism minister says the killing of elephants has increased sharply since a controversial anti-poaching operation was suspended.
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