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Two police officers who were searching for buyers in Rusape were intercepted during an intelligence-driven operation on June 8 and face a minimum mandatory sentence of nine years if convicted on charges of possession of specially protected animal species.
A Gweru police officer has been arrested together with three accomplices after they were allegedly found in possession of a pangolin valued at US$5 000.
An inyanga from Binga has been jailed for an effective four years for possession of pangolin and python skins.
A Binga inyanga serving nine years in prison for illegal possession of 400 grammes of pangolin scales has approached the High Court challenging his sentence.
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for nine years here after being found in possession of a pangolin.
Five Gokwe men last week appeared in court for attempting to sell a live pangolin. Tawanda Ngara (33), Phillip Murimira (39), Innocent Mungoro (38), Moses Muguti (35) and Clemence Mukumirwa (33) were all arraigned before Gokwe magistrate Mr Musaiona Shortgame facing charges of possessing a specially protected animal without a licence.
POLICE at Mutare Central Police Station had a rare spectacle last week after a pangolin they had recovered when it was about to be sold gave birth at the station. Detectives and their uniformed counterparts had to abandon their duties to witness the rare spectacle which happened last Thursday.
A Harare man yesterday fiercely argued with police in Mabelreign demanding back a pangolin he had picked with his friends while on his way from a traditional healer in Mutoko, saying he felt strongly that it represented the good luck predicted by the healer.