(Business in Cameroon) - Officials of the Cameroonian Ministry of Wildlife and Forest of the East region, with the support of the NGO Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA), have just nabbed a young man of 37 years, in possession of a load of 100kg of pangolin scales. The operation took place in the area of Messamena, we learn. According to our sources, the young dealer had been under surveillance for several months, since he was suspected of running a distribution network of pangolin scales stretching right to the cities of Yaoundé and Douala, the two capitals of Cameroon. In Cameroon, pangolin is part of the protected species. Hence, the detained trafficker is currently in the hands of the Cameroon court, and risks a prison sentence of up to three years, according to the laws in force in the country.
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