{"id":4494,"date":"2019-08-13T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T06:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:28","slug":"police-raid-recovers-elephant-tusks-worth-sh10-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/08\/13\/police-raid-recovers-elephant-tusks-worth-sh10-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Raid Recovers Elephant Tusks Worth Sh10 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Nairobi News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal\nInvestigations (DCI) on Saturday recovered 100kgs of elephant tusks valued at\nabout Sh 10 million in Nyandarua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One suspect, 42-year-old David Ndegwa, was arrested\nduring the raid. The suspect is currently being held in custody and he is\nexpected to be arraigned in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, detectives have launched a man hunt\nfor a second suspect who escaped. The operation was conducted by DCI detectives\nposing as customers following a tip-off from members of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recovery of the 100kg of elephant tusks\ncomes as the world is preparing to mark World Elephant Day on 12th August. The\nday is dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world\u2019s elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Defender of Wildlife, at the turn\nof the 20th century, there were a few million African elephants and about\n100,000 Asian elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, there are an estimated 450,000 to\n700,000 African elephants and between 35,000 to 40,000 wild&nbsp;Asian\nelephants. <a href=\"https:\/\/nairobinews.nation.co.ke\/editors-picks\/police-raid-recovers-elephant-tusks-worth-sh10-million\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nairobi News Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday recovered 100kgs of elephant tusks valued at about Sh 10 million in Nyandarua. One suspect, 42-year-old David&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}