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Foreigners arrested over ivory bracelets at Kenyan airport

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Foreigners arrested over ivory bracelets at Kenyan airportA Spanish woman has become the second foreigner in a week to be arrested at Kenya’s international airport for wearing an ivory bangle, the wildlife service said Monday. Spaniard Maria Pich-Aguilera, 50, was arrested on Sunday evening and faces a fine of one million shillings ($9,800) or 12 months in prison for illegal possession of ivory. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a statement she was “arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with an ivory bangle,” while travelling from Nairobi to Tanzania’s financial capital Dar es Salaam.

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