Three suspected poachers were arrested over the weekend while transporting two pieces of elephant tusks weighing 60 kilograms in Nkubu, Meru County.

 

Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said the tusks were valued at Sh6 million.

 

This followed a joint security operation in the Kigene area of Nkubu Township.

 

The three were transporting the tusks in a salon car and had concealed the cargo in a sack.

 

Police said the operation was staged at night on April 11, 2025. The team is pursuing more suspects in the ring.

 

They want to establish the source of the tusks. An elephant is believed to have been killed at the nearby Meru National Park.

 

The three are expected in court to face charges of being in Possession of Wildlife Trophies of Endangered Species Contrary to Section 92(4) of the Wildlife Conservation Management Act 2013.