A fancy attempt to smuggle. They transported live goods in the syringe

As you know, smugglers have been showing extraordinary ingenuity for centuries in the ways of practicing this practice, as well as what can be smuggled. For example, wild animals can be such a commodity. The Kenyan Nature Conservation Service recognized the described case as a breakthrough, indicating the growing trade problem with less known species. The ants were to go to Europe and Asia, where they are kept as exotic pets.

A fancy attempt to smuggle. They transported live goods in the syringe

Accused They hid ants in two thousand specially modified tests and syringesthat were to enable insects to survive for two months. Kenyan service also announced that a planned attempt to circumvent security systems through masking the contents of the containers. Published photographs show hundreds of containers filled with cotton wool, with two or three ants in each.

Two Belgian citizens, the Vietnamese and Kenyan were captured as a result, as defined, a coordinated intelligence campaign. Smugglers who pleaded guilty were accused of illegal possession and trade in ants. The sentence was passed on Wednesday, May 7, in court in Kenya. The convicts are to pay a fine of 7,000 $ 700 or spend a year in prison if they don’t pay money.

Ant for PLN 855

The Kenyan Nature Conservation Service, usually focused on the protection of larger animals, such as lions and elephants, defined this matter as unique. Among the smuggled goods there were giant African arms of the reaper, who Value on the British market can reach up to 170 pounds (855 PLN) for one insect. According to KSOP, this incident shows a disturbing change in commercial trends, where the attention of traders moves from iconic mammals to less known species of key importance for ecological balance.

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Attempt to smuggle ants in specially prepared syringes and trials.

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Insects could survive for two months.