Article 37JY0 Man jailed after rhino horns and elephant tusks are found in attic

Man jailed after rhino horns and elephant tusks are found in attic

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Abbas Allawi is sentenced to 14 months for trying to sell on Instagram endangered animal parts worth up to 2m

A would-be trader in endangered animal parts has been jailed after rhino horns, elephant tusks and hippo teeth worth up to 2m were discovered by specially trained search dogs in a police raid.

Abbas Allawi, 52, was arrested when officers from the Metropolitan police's wildlife crime unit searched his home in Gisburne Way, Watford, on 19 October last year.

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