Cop, two civilians arrested with Sh300,000 ivory

Ivory
Ivory

Three people among them a police officer were arrested with Sh300,000 worth ivory at Mlolongo area on Tuesday.

The officer,David Ongeri from Mlolongo police station was arraigned in court for possession of wildlife trophies valued at Sh 300,000.

Oreri was charged alongside Evelyn Kisese and Perpetual Mueke.

Police said the three were trafficking eight kilos of the ivory at the time of their arrest on Monday.

In June, another

DCI officer accused of being in possession of ivory was charged and released on Sh150,000 cash bail or Sh500,000 bond by a Kibera court.

The officer was accused that on June 10, he was found in possession of an elephant tusk weighing 4Kg valued at Sh400,000 in Thika.


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