Kenya Wildlife Service has smashed an ivory trade syndicate and seized 64 kilogrammes of tusks with of an estimated values of Sh2 million and arrested one suspect. The suspect, Harrison Makongo Mulang’a, was arrested at Mutha market in the outskirts the Kitui South National reserve about 25 km from Mutomo town while two of his accomplices escaped. He was charged in a Mutomo court. The arresting officer Ahmed Ali, said the KWS rangers acted on a tip off by the public laid a trap to ensnare the illegal ivory traders operating in Mutomo area and its precincts...
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