Kenya jails Chinese national for smuggling live ants to China
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A Chinese national, Zhang Kequn, was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 1 million Kenyan shillings for attempting to smuggle over 2,000 live queen garden ants out of Kenya to China; he pleaded guilty after initially denying the charges, as authorities warn of rising wildlife trafficking and the high value of the ants (about $220 each), with repatriation to his home country after serving the sentence and a possible appeal.
- Chinese national sentenced to a year in prison for smuggling ants out of Kenya BBC
- Chinese man jailed after trying to smuggle 2,200 ants out of Kenya in his luggage CNN
- Ant smuggler sentenced to a year in jail by Kenyan court The Guardian
- Man Jailed After Trying to Smuggle Thousands of Ants in His Luggage The Daily Beast
- The Ant Smuggling Racket: Kenya's Wildlife Trafficking Under Scrutiny Devdiscourse
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