Two Belgians were arrested for possession of live queen ants in Kenya Naivasha.
a strange story of two Belgian people and a Vietnam national and man Kenyan for possession and charged trying to smuggle thousands of rare giant ants, each valued at 250 dollar, The ants known as African giant harvester ants, are prized for their large size and ability to clean agricultural soil Queen ants have been used in recent years for medicine and research.
The Kenyan police arrested the two young men from their residence, where they found in their possession 5 thousand ants packed in 2244 test tubes filled with cotton and specially adapted to preserve the life of ants for two months These ants are protected under the International Biodiversity Treaty, Biopiracy or smuggling of these ants is illegal.
The ants were reportedly destined for exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia.
