A Kenya Defence Force(KDF) officer has been arrested by police after being found in possession of a rhino horn valued at Ksh2.9 million.
The KDF officer who was arrested alongside two others is suspected to be part of a group that is engaging in the mentioned unlawful trade
According to police, preliminary investigations have established that the KDF sergeant is based at Ngong camp in the Nairobi region
The horn said to have been in transit weighed 2.9 kilogrammes.
During the arrest, the KDF sergeant, together with his accomplices, were holed up inside a popular hotel in Rodi Kopany, Homabay County.
The police were forced to deploy a team of officers from DCI, Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS), and other regular police officers.
During the arrest, police also recovered a vehicle, a black Toyota Kluger, which the suspects used to transport the rhino horn.
The trio were immediately taken to Homa Bay Police Station, where they were locked up pending arraignment in court.
Detectives highlighted that they suspect that the trio might have gotten the rhino horn from the nearby Ruma National Park.
They further revealed that they are in pursuit of other suspects linked to a syndicate of poachers operating within the National Park.
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