Four suspects, including three foreign nationals, appeared Tuesday in a court in Kenya accused of trafficking highly sought-after ants out of the country. Belgian nationals Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, alongside Kenyan Dennis Ng’ang’a and Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyenp; pleaded guilty to the charges. The four men were arrested for the illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants to sell as exotic pets.
Belgian nationals among four charged with smuggling garden ants out of Kenya
Four suspects, including three foreign nationals, appeared Tuesday in a court in Kenya accused of trafficking highly sought-after ants out of the country. Belgian nationals Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, alongside Kenyan Dennis Ng’ang’a and Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyenp; pleaded guilty to the charges. The four men were arrested for the illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants to sell as exotic pets.