Two men were on Tuesday (November 14th, 2023) arrested while trafficking 36 pieces of elephant tusks weighing 77 kilogrammes valued at Sh12 million in Maralal, Samburu county. The men were flagged down on the Maralal-Kisima Road on November 14 at about 9 am. The team who conducted the arrest included police and officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service.

 

Police said a search conducted on a car that the two were using realised the 36 pieces of elephant tusks indicating up to ten elephants were killed to get them.

 

The source of the ivory is yet to be known but it is suspected they got them from elephants killed in the nearby national parks including Samburu, police said.

The men were detained at the local police station ahead of a planned arraignment.

 

Police said they will be charged with the offence of being in Possession of Wildlife Trophies of Endangered Species Contrary to Section 92(4) of the Wildlife Conservation Management Act 2013.