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Camels join police in new border patrol unit

AP officers with some of the camels in training in Isiolo County. The new camel unit is expected to join border patrols on the Kenya-Somalia border. [Cyrus Ombati, Standard]

A new police unit has been unveiled to patrol remote sections of the Kenya-Somali border in efforts to combat banditry.

The pioneer camel patrol unit under the Border Patrol Unit of the Administration Police Service will be based in Isiolo County and will involve 50 camels that are currently being trained.

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