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Kenyan man wanted for wildlife crimes charged in US court

High-profile poaching suspect Mansur Mohamed Surur denied charges of money laundering and drug dealing at a US court. [Courtesy]

A Kenyan man charged with conspiring to commit a crime of trafficking tons of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns has pleaded not guilty to the charges at a US court.

Mansur Mohamed Surur, 60, also denied charges of money laundering and drug dealing against him and was detained without bail, the Associated Press news agency reported.

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