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Woman arrested with 40kg of elephant tusks in Kwale

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Some of the elephant horns confiscated from poachers. The ivories stacked at Kenya Wildlife Headquarters stores. [Photo: James Mwangi]

Police in Kwale County on Friday impounded 41.9 kilogrammes of elephant tusks worth about Sh2 million.

Also arrested in connection with the ivory haul was a woman said to be dealing with tusks. The trophies were netted at a homestead in Ganja village, Msambweni Sub-county.

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