Police in Mombasa are holding four people who were found with 12 pieces of ivory worth millions of shillings.
Two suspects, Ibrahim Ali and Japhet Bakari, were Thursday found with eight pieces of the tusks in Mwembe Tayari, Mombasa.
The four pieces of elephant trophies were weighing 8.9 kilogrammes.
Kenya Wildlife Service assistant director for Coast conservation area Arthur Tuda said the two suspects had concealed the ivory in sacks of maize.
“The two were from Kitale and are being held at the Central Police Station after being arrested within the CBD,” said Mr Tuda.
The arrests came after two other suspects were apprehended in Kilifi on Wednesday with four other pieces of ivory weighing 8.5 kilogrammes.