Database of Wildlife Related Law
The accused and three other men were inside the Ndumo Game Reserve on 19 November 2011 at 17:00. One man was carrying a firearm. Game rangers patrolling in the Reserve caught sight of the men in pursuit of a rhino. The rangers ordered the man to put down the firearm. Instead, he turned and pointed it at the rangers.
On the 9 December 2014, elements of the Regional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife Buea received a letter from military officials who were on a mixed control mission in the town of Misselele, about a seizure of pangolin scales and elephant ivories carried out on the 8 December.
On the 20 June 2014, elements of the conservation service of the Mt. Cameroon National Park organized an anti-poaching patrol in the village of Efolofo, located around the said park. Upon hearing a gun, they moved towards the direction with the aid of cyber tracker.
In October 2013, BABA AHMADOU, the board chairperson of the telecoms company VIETTEL, sent a complaint to the Buea Judicial police about some of his collaborators indulging in smuggling elephant tusks and pangolin scales in the national territory tarnishing the reputation of their firm.
On the 4 August 2013, the conservator of Korup National Park received reliable information about an elephant being killed in the village of Ikenge. The conservator mobilized a team together with the military to carry out a field investigation to this effect. On their way to the village, the team kept an open eye for any evidence.
On the 10 November 2018 around 2 a.m., two boats fell in an ambush near the Bonaberi Bridge in Douala. When the marine brigade was searching in, another canoe was seen carrying on board eleven suspicious bags and having no passenger but only the boatman. the excavation of said bags uncovered 219 ivory tusks for a total weight of 472.7 kg.
In November 2017 at "Bois de Singes" neighbourhood in Douala, a truck carrying suspicious bags and driven by UPAH Macmillan on the request of ADAMU Ibrahim, was arrested by elements of the Regional Control Brigade.
On the 18 August 2018 during a routine control in Douala, the agents of the Littoral Regional Delegation of Forestry and wildlife, arrested the defendants red-handed in possession 11 bags of pangolins scales weighing 629 kg . They were transmitted before the State Attorney for prosecution.
The defendants were arrested in Douala on February 26, 2010 in possession of 200 African grey parrots. They were arrested when they were about to commercialize the parrots without any legal authorization. They were transmitted before the State Attorney for prosecution.
On the 29 September 2016, following a mission led by the chief of the wildlife service and protected areas of the Littoral region, Abdoul Karim Ibrahim was arrested at ”Marché des fleurs” in Douala in illegal possession of 160 carved ivory objects. When arrested, he fiercely opposed the arrest teams.
