Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives arrested an ivory seller in Busia.
The officers acted alongside their colleagues from the Kenya Wildlife Service.
According to the County Police Commander John Nyoike, the detectives based in Busia were tipped off about the ivory seller's business.
Nyoike said the officers then moved to Airstrip area where the ivory was kept inside a house to meet Michael Ochokol, the owner, thereby gaining access to the items.
“He was selling the ivory and our officers went disguised as customers and he was arrested. It is not that he was moving them," the County Police Commander stated.
There were six pieces of ivory with each weighing 7.2kg. The value of the ivory remains unknown.
Nyoike said the suspect, Ochokol, was arrested on Friday at 3pm and he is to appear in court on Monday.
Currently, he is being detained at the Busia police station.
On Saturday Nyoike affirmed that police will remain vigilant at the border now that Christmas holidays are approaching.
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