Two police officers have been arrested while in possession of Sh4.9 million worth of ivory tusks in Athi River, Machakos county. The duo, according to police, was nabbed along the Nairobi–Mombasa highway within Kyumbi Township. The matter was reported to Kyumbi police station as the arrest of police officers. Police said the officers were arrested by their two colleagues. “The KWS officers both of KWS headquarters, Nairobi, acting on a tip managed to arrest the officers. One of the suspects, a female police constable, is attached to a station in Mirangine subcounty while the other, APC of Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit, Karatina, in possession of eight pieces of ivory tusks weighing 49 Kg valued at Sh4.9 million,” a police report seen by the Star read in part. The consignment, according to police, was recovered from a motor vehicle the suspects were using. The scene was processed by the Scene of Crime personnel accompanied by OC DCI Kyumbi police station. The suspects were later handed over to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations detectives attached to Kenya Wildlife Service assisted by the Lang'ata-based KWS officers. Police said the exhibits had been enumerated in an inventory pending arraignment in court. The DCI, KWS has launched a probe into the incident. Ivory tasks trade is outlawed in Kenya and punishable within the provisions of the law.