Written By:Stanley Wabomba, Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2010
Two Singaporean suspects have been arrested while checking in at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi with 92kg of illegal raw ivory.
The two were nabbed Friday night with the cargo, packed in four suitcases on the way to Bangkok, Thailand.
In a statement Kenya Wildlife Service Corporate Communications Manager Paul Udoto says the cargo was detected by the Kenya Wildlife Service Canine Unit rangers with their sniffer dogs based at the airport.
Udoto says the two suspects and the exhibits are being held at the JKIA Airport Police Station.
John Yap Chan, 48, and Nah Choon Quee, 47, had travelled by the Kenya Airways plane from Lilongwe, Malawi and had stayed in Kenya for two days.
Udoto says the suspects will be arraigned before the Makadara Law Courts on Tuesday.
He says KWS has deployed sniffer dogs at points of entry and exit into Kenya on a full-time basis to check on illegal trafficking in wildlife trophies.
Source: www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=67985