<span style="color: #222222;">Mozambican authorities have seized 11 elephant ivory tusks in a residence in the western city of Tete. Two people have been detained in connection with the case.<br />''<br />''The tusks were in a sack and weighed about 47 kilos and were to be sold at about $16 a kilo, the police said.<br />''<br />''The detained suspects have denied involvement in the crime saying they only brokered the sale.<br />''<br />''The country's National Criminal Investigation Service spokeswoman, Celina Roque, said police officers pretended to be buyers so as to arrest the suspects.<br />''<br />''Last month, the police seized 50 elephant tusks from a house on the outskirts of the capital Maputo.<br />''<br />''Such cases are common in Mozambique and many do not come to the attention of the authorities even as poaching remains a threat to wildlife.<br />''<br />''Unlicensed slaughter of any protected or prohibited species is punishable by penalties ranging from 12 to 16 years in prison.</span><br />