Live pangolin recovered from suspect at Grootfontein

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2024-09-16

OTAVI, 21 July 2016 - Namibian Police Force Otavi Station Commander, Inspector Petrous Shoppe squatting next to the pangolin recovered by police from a farmworker who was in possession of the endangered species without a permit and with intentions to sell it on the black market. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 16 SEP (NAMPA) – The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Otjozondjupa Region on Sunday recovered a live pangolin from a suspect, after he allegedly tried to sell it to an undercover police officer at Grootfontein.
NamPol head of community affairs in the region, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha in an interview with Nampa on Monday said the 24-year-old man was arrested for the alleged possession of a live pangolin without a permit fro...

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