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Sh1 million fine or one year in jail for ant smugglers

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.[Kamau Muthoni]

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Senior Principal Magistrate Njeri Thuku on Wednesday fined three foreigners and a Kenyan Sh1 million each, or serve a one-year jail sentence.

Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, both Belgians, Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyen and a Kenyan, Dennis Ng'ang'a, pleaded guilty to the crime on April 15.

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