Two people to appear in court for giant pangolin scales trafficking
MNews/LAGA Partnership Confiscated Pangolin Scales Two people shall appear in the High Court of Tibati on October 22nd to answer to charges of illegal possession of giant pangolin scales. They were arrested attempting to sell the scales on July 3 in Tibati during a crackdown operation carried out by wildlife officials of the Djerem Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife in collaboration with the Gendarmerie Company of Tibati, technical assisted by the Last Great Ape Organisation – LAGA. The suspects were found with two bags of giant pangolin scales close to a bus station. The scales were wrapped in cardboard boxes and concealed in the grain bags. Close to 90kg of giant pangolin scales were seized. According to sources close to the case that requested for anonymity, the alleged traffickers belong to a large wildlife network that activate a host of poachers who mostly collected the scales in villages around Tibati. The network includes hunters, bike riders and public transpo...