Security forces on Thursday arrested an SPLA Major at Juba International Airport carrying eight elephant tusks from Juba to Renk.
The arrested suspect Major John Madol told journalists that he was given money to buy the tusks by his customer from Darfur of Sudan.
He said he bought the tusks from soldiers at Gadiang in Jonglei to be taken to the Darfuri in Renk.
Major Madol claimed to be working in the Upper Nile for months guarding the oil fields without salary for three months, which forced him to operate other business.
Jemma Nunu Kumba the Minister of Wildlife said the law will be applied to people arrested in the business.
She added that ivory in the custody of the government will be burnt, but did not say when it will be burnt.
Nunu said the ministry is working hard to ensure that wildlife is protected.
The minister appealed to the people of South Sudan to avoid poaching.
She urges the security forces to strengthen their work for the benefit of the country.