# A Kenyan court has sentenced four men to one year in prison or pay a fine of 140-thousand-rand for trying to smuggle thousands of live queen ants out of the country. The two Belgians, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan were arrested last month with live ants suspected to have been destined for collectors in Europe and Asia. The contraband included giant African harvester ants, which are valued by some UK dealers at up to four-thousand-rand each. Ants in Kenya are protected by international bio-diversity treaties and their trade is highly regulated.
Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya