Man arrested in Mombasa carrying a 2.3 meter Python

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A 33-year-old man is set to be arraigned at a Mombasa court on Wednesday after he was nabbed sneaking a 2.3 meter Python.

Karisa Iha was flagged by a ferry security team after an X-ray scan of his suitcase showed the 10-kg reptile stashed in the travel case.
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MOMBASA COUNTY,
LIKONI SUB COUNTY,
FERRY POLICE STATION,
SUBJECT :RECOVERY OF A WILDLIFE SPECIES :TODAY 11/02 /2020 AT AROUND 0930HRS, FERRY POLICE OFFICERS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE KENYA FERRY SECURITY TEAM RECOVERED A SUITCASE FROM ONE KARISSA IHA, GIRIAMA MALE ADULT AGED 33 YEARS CONTAINING A PYTHON SNAKE LENGTH OF 2.3 METERS, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 10KGS, THE SUSPECT WAS PASSING THE ISLAND SCREENING AREA THROUGH THE EX-RAY WHEN HE WAS INTERCEPTED, HE WAS ARRESTED TO BE CHARGED WITH THE OFFENCE OF(i) DEALING IN A LIFE WILDLIFE SPECIES, WITHOUT A PERMIT OR OTHER LAWFUL EXEMPTION, CONTRARY TO SECTION 95(c) OF THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 2013,(ii)BEING IN POSSESSION OF A LIVE WILDLIFE. SPECIES WITHOUT A PERMIT OR OTHER LAWFUL EXEMPTION, CONTRARY TO SECTION 95 (d) OF THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 2013, HE WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT TOMMORROW 12/02/2020, CASE P. B. C
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