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Two detained over illegal logging in Taita Taveta

Taita-Taveta, Kenya: Two people among them a village elder have been arrested and four tonnes of timber worth more Sh100,000 impounded in a major crackdown on forest poaching in Taita-Taveta County.

Police and Kenya Forest Service officials said a forest guard who is reported to be part of the ring escaped and is being sought.

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