Two suspected poachers were at the weekend arrested while in possession of six pieces of elephant tusks in Tigania East, Meru county. They had wrapped the tusks weighing 18.5 kilos in four sacks when police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials intercepted them. Police said the two were nabbed at Muriamburi Junction Mulika area on July 18, as they transported the same to a potential buyer aboard a motorcycle. The suspects will be charged with being in possession of wildlife trophies of endangered species, contrary to Section 92(4) of the Wildlife Conservation Management Act 2013. Officials said the seizure shows up to three elephants had been killed and there is a likelihood the incidents happened in the nearby parks. The seizures continue despite harsh penalties on those found with the tusks and a ban on international ivory trade. African elephants are still being poached in large numbers for their tusks, which fetch a fortune in the black market, as a surge in demand for ivory continues to fuel the illicit trade.