NAIROBI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan authorities on Monday arrested a Vietnamese national at the main airport in Nairobi for illegal possession of wildlife products that included eight lion canine teeth, three lion claws and two warthog teeth.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a statement its canine unit nabbed the Vietnamese national as he cleared his luggage at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) enroute to Bangkok.
"The illegal wildlife products were sealed inside a Thermos Flask, wrapped with foiled paper in checked-in luggage, in the hope it would pass undetected by KWS sniffer dogs that are part of the canine unit stationed at the airport, specifically to detect contraband wildlife products on illegal transit," said KWS
Kenya wildlife agency said the suspect, Truong Trung Hieu was on transit from Liberia aboard the East African country's national carrier heading to Bangkok when he was arrested.
"The foreigner was booked at JKIA police station, awaiting arraignment in court tomorrow (Tuesday) when the courts will have found an interpreter," said KWS.
Kenya has lately intensified the war against illegal trafficking of wildlife products through its ports of entry using state of the art detection equipment and trained canine.
