Three suspects found with four pieces of elephant tusks have been arrested in Narok following a joint operation by DCI’s Serious Crime Unit detectives and the area police.

Joseph Mutuku, 44, Julius Mwanduka Kiema, 72 and Alfred Nzioka Mutie, 44 were arrested at Kisiriri area in Narok North. The tusks weighing 27kg with an estimated street value of Sh2.7 million was found in their possession.

The three have been locked up in cells pending arraignment for relevant offences under the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2013 (WCMA).

Also two women were on Tuesday, January 9 charged before a court in Msambweni, Kwale County, for dealing in a wildlife trophy of an endangered species.

The said wildlife trophy includes Five (5) pieces of elephant tusks weighing 111.98 kg with a street value of KSh11,198,000.

Tima Omar Suya and Bahatisha Juma Said were jointly charged with dealing in wildlife trophies of an endangered species without a permit or other lawful exemptions, contrary to Section 92(2) as read with Section 105(1) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013.

It is alleged that the two women concealed the wildlife trophies in sacks and ferried them on board a motor vehicle without a permit.

Suya and Said were also charged with being in possession of wildlife trophies of an endangered species without a permit or other lawful exemption, contrary to Section 92(4) as read with Section 105(1) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013.

The two accused persons allegedly committed both offences on 6 January 2024 at around 0900hrs a.m. in the Majoreni area of Lungalunga Sub-County within Kwale County.

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