Aging ivory traders get 28 months each

Two elderly men who illegally traded in £145,000 worth of ivory fans were both jailed for 28 months. Guy Buckle, 62, and Sik Hung Or, 72, dealt in more than 100 prohibited items from the comfort of their living room. Police searched their south London flat and found a spreadsheet detailing 136 individual pieces that had been sold on eBay totalling £145,259. Inner London Crown Court heard officers also discovered 291 carved ivory fans and four pieces of uncarved ivory…

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