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Known under the pseudonym of “Apostle”, Jean Baptiste Essono Mba, a 24-year-old Gabonese, was arrested in possession of two ivory tusks on October 28 in Mitzic, in the province of Woleu-Ntem.
An Agent in a security company in the city, the alleged trafficker had for a while been suspected of ivory trafficking. It was an alert given by a source on a possible ivory transaction in Mitzic that these suspicions were confirmed. Informed, the agents formed a mixed team to proceed with the arrest.
DGR agents seized his backpack and discovered two raw ivory tusks. During his interrogation, Jean Baptiste Essono Mba claimed to have picked up the two ivory tusks at the edge of a river in his village (Ayon) on the road to Sam. He is currently in custody in the premises of the DGR of Oyem.
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