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Two teens busted for smuggling 5,000 ants

Allan Rose Hill
Apr 17, 2025
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image: Kenya Wildlife Service

Nairobi police nabbed two Belgian teenagers for wildlife piracy. Apparently they were caught with 5,000 ants—not in their pants but packed in test tubes at a guest house where they were staying.

Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, 19, told a judge they were just collecting the queen ants for fun and were unaware that it was pr…

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