Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya
Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya
www.bbc.com
Kenyan court sentences ant smugglers to $7,700 fine or one-year in prison
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Anti-ant antecedents antagonize contrabandits near Antananarivo (relatively speaking).
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The Belgian teens? That was a perfectly phrased headline, right here on c/nottheonion:
"Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends"
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Ants… some people would rob their mother for the Ants
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So, what's the incentive to do this? I read the article lol.
Money.
The contraband included giant African harvester ants, which are valued by some UK dealers at up to £170 ($220) each.
But why are they so valuable in the first place? Lol
Street drugs are getting weirder and weirder
Ant hobby is really huge. People who keep ants will collect several colonies simultaneously.