Authorities at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) arrested a Chinese national on Wednesday, March 11, for attempting to smuggle queen garden ants out of Kenya. Officials identified the suspect as the leader of an international ant-trafficking ring. Following his arrest, the court ordered his detention to provide investigators more time to build their case. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) agents intercepted Zhang Kequn early Tuesday morning. He was attempting to transport nearly 2,000 queen garden ants destined for China. The suspect had packed some of the ants into specialized test tubes and hidden another 300 live ants inside rolls of tissue The post Chinese Suspect Nabbed at JKIA With Over 2,000 Live Queen Ants Hidden in Tissue Rolls and Test Tubes appeared first on Nairobi Wire.