Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in 2 weeks

Belgian teens found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in 2 weeks

Two Belgian teenagers were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets

Belgian teens found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in two weeks

The two men had entered Kenya on a tourist visa and were staying in a guest house in the western town of Naivasha. Their lawyer said that her clients did not know what they were doing was illegal.

Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in 2 weeks

Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks.

Teenagers told the judge that they didn't know that having ants was illegal and that they were just having fun.

Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in 2 weeks - Barbados Today

Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks, a Kenyan magistrate said Wednesday. Magistrate Njeri Thuku, sitting at the court in Kenya’s main airport, said she would not rush the case but would take time to review environmental impact and psychological reports filed in court before passing sentence on May 7. Belgian nationals Lor…

The two 18-year-old Belgians who are in jail in Nairobi on suspicion of ant smuggling, will probably know their sentence on May 7. The trial has resumed since 9 a.m. this morning in the court at the international airport. But it is not certain whether both men will know today exactly what awaits them.