Duo jailed 9 years each for pangolin possession

TWO men from Filabusi, Matabeleland South province, have been sentenced to nine years each in jail after being convicted of illegally  

possessing a pangolin valued at US$5 000. 

Mayibongwe Ndlovu (27) and John Wax (25) were convicted by Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mkandala after they were found in possession of a live pangolin, a specially protected species under the Parks and Wildlife Act.  

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