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Hetq: Owner of Armenia’s Jambo exotic park arrested in Tanzania
A source of Yerevan-based Hetq.am from Tanzania reports that a charter airplane that was supposed to transport 500 monkeys and other animals to Armenia has been seized in Tanzania. Tanzanian law enforcement seized the AN-26 airplane due to questions as to whether the cargo is legal or not. The Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper, has confirmed the above. On Wednesday, the brothers Artyom and Edward Vartanyan were arrested at Kilimanjaro International Airport when they tried to transport 61 monkeys out of the country. The brothers presented the export permits for the cargo, but the permits were issued contrary to a ban imposed by the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Jumanne Maghembe on March 20, 2016. More details can be read here
