Foreigners arrested with ivory bracelets at Kenyan airport
Global trade in elephant ivory has largely been outlawed since 1989 after the number of the giant mammal plunged (AFP Photo/PHILIPPE HUGUEN)/ Nairobi (AFP) - A Spanish woman has become the second foreigner in a week to be arrested at Kenya's international airport for wearing an ivory bangle, the wildlife service said Monday. Spaniard Maria Pich-Aguilera, 50, was arrested on Sunday evening and pleaded guilty, paying a fine of one million shillings ($9,800) for illegal possession of ivory. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a statement ...
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