JUST IN: Queen Ants Sold for Up to Ksh15K Each in Black Market: KWS Exposes Ksh75M Smuggling Racket 

  Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has exposed a booming black-market racket in which traffickers smuggle queen ants out of the country, turning the tiny insects into a multimillion-shilling business. According to a report presented in the JKIA Court, where three foreign nationals and a Kenyan are on trial for wildlife trafficking, KWS revealed that each queen ant fetches between Ksh9,000 and Ksh15,000 in European black markets. These rare ants are in high demand for culinary and ornamental use abroad. Authorities seized a haul of 5,000 ants from the suspects. If sold at the highest price, the consignment could have earned them up to Ksh75 million. Even at the lowest market rate,
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