Chinese woman nabbed at JKIA with 6.9kg of ivory worth Sh1.2million
Updated Thursday, August 15th 2013 at 11:57 GMT +3
By CYRUS OMBATI
Nairobi, Kenya: A Chinese woman was Wednesday night arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with 6.9 kilos of ivory disguised as macadamia nuts valued at Sh1.2 million.
The middle-aged woman was scheduled to travel to Hong Kong when police and other security officials stumbled on the ivory.
Airport CID boss Joseph Ngisa said the woman is expected in court Wednesday.
“We are trying to establish to know where she stayed and if there are more ivory,” said Ngisa.
There is growing concern in Kenya over rising levels of poaching.
So far, 190 elephants and 35 rhinos have been lost to poachers since the beginning of this year.
The latest incident of poaching was reported last Friday at the Nairobi National Park a day after the government formed a special unit of security officers to boost the fight against wildlife poaching.
COMMENTS:
Fred Mojo15 August 2013 10:03 AMChinese Chinese Chinese ... why is your greed eliminating our wildlife.
Nairobi, Kenya: A Chinese woman was Wednesday night arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with 6.9 kilos of ivory disguised as macadamia nuts valued at Sh1.2 million.
The middle-aged woman was scheduled to travel to Hong Kong when police and other security officials stumbled on the ivory.
Airport CID boss Joseph Ngisa said the woman is expected in court Wednesday.
“We are trying to establish to know where she stayed and if there are more ivory,” said Ngisa.
There is growing concern in Kenya over rising levels of poaching.
So far, 190 elephants and 35 rhinos have been lost to poachers since the beginning of this year.
The latest incident of poaching was reported last Friday at the Nairobi National Park a day after the government formed a special unit of security officers to boost the fight against wildlife poaching.
COMMENTS:
Fred Mojo15 August 2013 10:03 AMChinese Chinese Chinese ... why is your greed eliminating our wildlife.
David Njogu15 August 2013 9:52 AMThe government should stop being nonchalant about this and impose long jail terms for these kind crimes. Death penalties should be considered as Chinese do with drug dealers. They are destroying Kenya's wealth (source of income).
concerned15 August 2013 9:39 AMkill her, thats the only way to stop the killing of elephants and rhinos. Kill her.
Biko Bantu MJr15 August 2013 9:36 AMJubilee goes to China,to earn Ivory Monies....protected Wild Animals now....!
Mkenya Pia15 August 2013 9:10 AMPlease, take her to court where our judges will sentence her to 1 month imprisonment.
Stuart herd15 August 2013 9:01 AMChinese are largely the cause of the loss of our wildlife , the government must take stern action and jail people like this who cause the poaching. Where did she buy it ? How did a riphino get poached in Nairobi national park . Surely rogue elements in KWS must be complicit in this tragedy!
Stuart herd15 August 2013 8:59 AMChinese are largely the cause of the loss of our wildlife , the government must take stern action and jail people like this who cause the poaching. Where did she buy it ? How did a riphino get poached in Nairobi national park . Surely rogue elements in KWS must be complicit in this tragedy!
rapha15 August 2013 8:43 AMi am tired of thiz chinese.. let them all park and go
Masanja15 August 2013 8:27 AMChina love Africa(Kenya) they buy scrap metals even as we complain that our road furniture and metal manhole covers are becoming impossible to maintain and now they literally decided to come for the ivory. If by chance you study the entry details of the arrested you'll discover some fishiness and even the purpose may not be clear
