(Posted 30th March 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Kamaru Mathenge, TV 47 (Kenya), March 29, 2026 |
| Asuspected ivory trafficker is in custody after Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers intercepted him as he was carrying four elephant tusks along a coastal border town during an operation that underscores the country’s intensifying crackdown on poaching. Nyamawi Mwandia Kulemba was arrested in the Shirikisho area of Lungalunga, Kwale County, in the afternoon. Officers found him ferrying the tusks on a blue Haojin motorcycle with no registration plates. The illegal goods were hidden inside sacks. The four tusks weighed a combined 39 kilograms. |
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