一名中国男子在内罗毕被捕,罪名是走私2 200名受保护的皇后蚂蚁,这与一个更大的国际贩运集团有关。 A Chinese man was arrested in Nairobi for smuggling 2,200 protected queen ants, linked to a larger international trafficking ring.

27岁的中国男子张克群于2026年3月在内罗毕乔莫·肯雅塔国际机场被捕，罪名是试图走私藏在试管和纸卷中的2200多只活的花园蚁后。 A 27-year-old Chinese man, Zhang Kequn, was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in March 2026 for attempting to smuggle over 2,200 live queen garden ants hidden in test tubes and tissue paper rolls. 当局在他于2025年逃避逮捕后,在护照上发出事先拦截令之后,当局在搜查过程中发现了这些蚂蚁。 Authorities discovered the ants during a search following a prior stop order on his passport after he evaded arrest in 2025. 受国际生物多样性协定保护的蚂蚁受到采集者和研究人员的珍视。 The ants, protected under international biodiversity agreements, are valued by collectors and researchers. 调查人员相信他是一个更大的贩运网络的一部分,曼谷也查获了一批类似的货物,这表明针对外来宠物和研究市场的稀有昆虫开展了一项跨国行动。 Investigators believe he was part of a larger trafficking network, with a similar shipment seized in Bangkok, suggesting a transnational operation targeting rare insects for exotic pet and research markets. 肯尼亚野生生物服务处正在进一步调查,检查数字装置,并将调查范围扩大到其他可疑收获地点。 The Kenya Wildlife Service is probing further, examining digital devices and expanding the investigation to other suspected harvesting sites.