U.S. colonel, former US defense attaché in Nairobi, has been caught and convicted of smuggling thousands of pounds worth of ivory.

David McNevin was arrested with 21 pieces of ornately carved elephant tusks as he boarded a flight to the Netherlands, from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International airport, according to officials.

He was fined 30,000 Kenyan shillings, or £225, the maximum punishment under Kenya’s outdated wildlife law.

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