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Posted on 03/13/2026 2:39:01 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya's main airport accused of attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.
Zhang Kequn was intercepted during a security check at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in the capital Nairobi after authorities discovered a large consignment of live ants in his luggage bound for China.
He has yet to respond to the accusation but investigators said in court that he was linked to an ant-trafficking network that was broken up in Kenya last year.
The ants are protected by international bio-diversity treaties and their trade is highly regulated.
Last year, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) warned of a growing demand for garden ants ā scientifically known as Messor cephalotes - in Europe and Asia, where collectors keep them as pets.
A state prosecutor told the court on Wednesday that Zhang had packed some ants in test tubes, while others were concealed in tissue paper rolls hidden in his luggage.
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RE: Risking all to smuggle ants....
Is that a hill worth dying on?
And then he had the clever inspiration to hide thousands in his pants.
Then there was Eric. Eric the Half-a-Bee.
I looked them up on the interwebs and they sell for 2-300 euro so that many would be around a cool half million USD.
These are pretty big ants; I wonder if they bite or sting...
Caught him with ants in the pants, did they? š
Unlike Aunt Bee, the Queen Bee means business.
Then there was Eric. Eric the Half-a-Bee.
‘Ees a halibut!
Iād like to see the dude try and smuggle fire ants.
You can still buy ‘Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm’.
I once bought one for my god child.
Ha.
Too bad the old fashion of hot pants is long gone.
“Eric the Half-a-Bee.”
I did think it was the babylon bee due to this statement:
“The ants are protected by international bio-diversity treaties...”
Diversity? For ants?
wy69
I did a double take at first too. Maybe they’re worried about these ants escaping and becoming an invasive exotic that interferes with the local flora and fauna. Unfortunately fire ants are migrating northward all by themselves.
I did not have ant-trafficking on my bingo card at all.
The law makes an exception for ants smuggled in pants, right?
Only if it rains in Spain when you bring them to the plane!
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