Million-Dollar Ant Heist: Inside Kenya’s Wild Bug Smuggling Bust 🐜💰

Have you ever heard of a million-dollar ant heist? No? Buckle up—this isn’t sci-fi, it’s real-life drama straight out of Kenya. Four international smugglers tried to sneak 5,000 queen ants through Nairobi’s airport—each packed in test tubes and syringes. These weren’t your average picnic pests, either. Meet the Messor Cephalotes, aka the Giant African Harvester Ant—a rare species with a cult following in the exotic pet world.

Watch as we break down how a high-stakes case of biopiracy involving Belgians, a Vietnamese smuggler, and one unlucky Kenyan unfolded, and why tiny species might be the new frontier in global wildlife crime. Trust us, you’ll never look at ants the same way again.

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