This archive report was first published on 7 July 2019.
On Friday night, detectives from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit (SCPU) received a tip-off from the public, leading to the arrest of two men in Nairobi's Huruma and Kayole areas.
According to the DCI, the operation resulted in the recovery of two pieces of elephant tusks and six rounds of ammunition. The suspects, Peter Mugi Kamau and Jamal Guyo Dida, will be arraigned in court on Monday.
Additionally, two Ethiopian passports bearing different names, as well as United Bank and Wegagen Bank Savings account books, were recovered from the house of one of the suspects.
The recovery of the ammunition comes just a day after the Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai, launched an operation to recover 4,293 guns from firearm owners who failed to honour a seven-day ultimatum to surrender their weapons.
