Two people have been arrested for pangolin scales trafficking in
Mbalmayo in the Center Region.They were arrested during a crackdown
operation carried out by wi.
CAMEROUN :: Arrested for pangolin scales trafficking in Mbalmayo :: CAMEROON
Two people have been arrested for pangolin scales trafficking in Mbalmayo in the Center Region.They were arrested during a crackdown operation carried out by wildlife officials of the Nyong and So’o Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife in collaboration with the Gendarmerie Company of Mbalmayo.
The two suspected traffickers were caught some few meters away from a mixed checkpoint made up of Gendarmes, Polices, and wildlife agents, situated along the Mbalmayo-Sangmelima road at a popularly place known as “Carrefour Sangmelima”. They were arrestedwith two bags of pangolin scales weighing about 70kg representing up to 350 slaughtered pangolins, at the home of one of the suspects.