Kenya Arrests Thai Woman in Airport Ivory Bust

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NAIROBI – Kenyan police arrested a Thai woman at Nairobi airport as she checked in for a flight to Bangkok with 20 kilograms of illegal ivory, the wildlife service said on Dec. 26. The woman was arrested Christmas night while in transit from Maputo in Mozambique with 105 pieces of ivory jewelry and raw ivory. She was to be arraigned before a magistrate Dec. 27, Kenya Wildlife Service said in a statement.

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