by Adam Cruise | Jan 17, 2024 | News
By Cyrus Ombati, The Star A police officer and a civilian were arrested while trying to sell 645 kilos of elephant tusks in the Eastleigh area, Nairobi. The tusks would fetch about Sh60 million in the black market. The police constable and a civilian had been arrested...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 29, 2022 | News
By Andrew Wasike, Anadolu Agency NAIROBI: Police arrested two suspected poachers with 14 pieces of ivory Thursday which authorities said were taken from seven elephants in western Kenya. The National Police Service said a joint team of Busia county police officers and...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Beth Nyaga, KBC Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) security personnel have arrested four suspects in Marsabit and Isiolo Counties for illegal possession of elephant tusks weighing a total of 58.6 kilogrammes. Two of the suspects were nabbed at Laisamis town in Marsabit...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 9, 2019 | News
By Xinhua NAIROBI: Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Thursday launched the construction of a state-of-the-art facility that will be used to preserve exhibits required to prosecute criminals involved in illegal trade in wildlife products. The evidence storage room,...