(Posted 24th April 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Charles Mpaka, Mongabay (U.S.), April 23, 2026 |
| In late January, Kenyan authorities arrested two men in possession of more than a hundred kilos of ivory on the border with Tanzania. According to Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), police and wildlife officers were on a covert operation at a hotel when they caught three men likely negotiating a deal. One escaped; the remaining two led investigators to a car with 20 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing a total 110 kilograms (243 pounds). They were arrested, and news of the seizure made headlines. |
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