Nairobi, April 21 -- A businessman has been ordered by a court to surrender his luxury car, which he used to transport illegal elephant tusks in Laikipia County, handing the State a partial victory in an asset recovery case tied to wildlife crimes.

The High Court ruled that the Mercedes-Benz vehicle linked to Jackson Mbugua Burugu was an instrument of crime after it was seized while transporting four elephant tusks weighing 69.2 kilogrammes.

"The motor vehicle was arrested while being used to commit an offence, and as such, I find no difficulty in holding that it was an instrumentality of crime and therefore liable to forfeiture," the court said, ordering its forfeiture to the government.

The court directed the Director General of the ...