A Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) employee and his three accomplices were jailed nine years after being found in possession of a live pangolin.
Mlandeli Matutu (43), a water bailiff at Zinwa, Steven Tshuma (52), Jabulani Mhlanga (48) and Tshedukani Mkwebu (31) were convicted by Plumtree magistrate Shumirai Mutimodhlo last week.
Prosecutor Clement Mudenda said on June 13, police received a tip off that the four were in possession of a live pangolin.
The four took the pangolin and drove to a bushy area in Matutu’s car where the detectives had asked to meet them while posing as buyers.
On arrival, the four produced the pangolin, which was in a white sack, and they were subsequently arrested.
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