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Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro said the man arrested over the ivory is believed to be part of an international cartel dealing in the illegal trophies.
Nairobi, Kenya: A suspected ivory dealer was arrested in Githurai Kimbo area, Nairobi and 39 elephant tusks recovered from him. The recovered elephant tusks weighed 112 kilograms and is valued at Sh11.2 million.
Thomas Muhoro Ngatia, 35, was arrested in a dawn raid on Tuesday by officers from the Special Crime Prevention Unit who had been tipped off.
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