JUST IN: Court Fines Four Suspects for Attempting to Smuggle Queen Ants from Kenya 

  A Nairobi court has fined four individuals—three foreigners and one Kenyan—Ksh1 million each for attempting to smuggle thousands of queen ants out of Kenya. Magistrate Anjela Njeri Thuku delivered the ruling on Tuesday, offering the option of paying the fine or serving a one-year jail term. Belgian nationals David Lornoy and Seppe Lodewijckx, Vietnamese national Duh Hung Nguyen, and Kenyan Dennis Nganga pleaded guilty to illegally possessing the ants, which they planned to smuggle through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Authorities arrested the group after they discovered over 5,000 queen ants at a guesthouse near Lake Naivasha. None of the suspects had permits to collect or export the ants, a
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