Translated from the French by an automated online translation service, so
please excuse the roughness. See link for the French original.
Ivory trafficking: A Cameroonian and a Nigerian arrested in Port-Gentil
(Gabon)
Stevie Mounombou, Gabon Review
November 22, 2021
See link
https://www.gabonreview.com/trafic-divoire-un-camerounais-et-un-nigerian-arretes-a-port-gentil/
for photo.
New arrest in the context of the fight against poaching.
Emmanuel Deunguen dit Eddy, of Cameroonian nationality and his accomplice,
Paul Anyanwu dit Polo, of Nigerian origin, were arrested on November 19 in
Port-Gentil by the mixed intervention team made up of police officers and
police officers. Waters and Forests.
The operation took place with the support of the team from the NGO
Conservation Justice.
The facts took place around 1 p.m. in the economic capital. Emmanuel
Deunguen and his accomplice had fixed an appointment in a discreet place.
The news of an illicit ivory transaction having reached the ears of the
intervention team, it deployed on the scene and proceeded to arrest the two
men, employed as docker, in possession of two ivory tusks sawn into four
pieces which they were about to sell.
The two alleged traffickers were placed in police custody in the premises
of the city's Gendarmerie pending their transfer to Libreville and their
presentation before the special prosecution to answer for the facts of
detention and attempted sale of ivory without prior authorization from the
competent administration.
The accused face up to ten years in prison.
https://www.gabonreview.com/trafic-divoire-un-camerounais-et-un-nigerian-arretes-a-port-gentil/