Two Belgian teens, Vietnamese, and Kenyan admit smuggling ants worth Sh1.2m

Belgian nationals Lornoy David, Seppe Lodewijckx, Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyen and Dennis Ng'ang'a admit to offenses of smuggling ants worth Sh 1.2 million at JKIA. [Photos,Kamau Muthoni]

Tears rolled as laughter filled the court when two Belgian teens, a 23-year-old computer science Vietnamese student and a 25-year-old Kenyan, pleaded for mercy after pleading guilty to smuggling garden ants queens worth Sh1.2 million.

On one hand, Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, both 19, shed tears as they asked the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) magistrate to allow them to go home.