Six soldiers belonging to the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) were reportedly arrested and in
police custody on the premises of military security in Yaoundé for their alleged participation in
acts of poaching, in this case, the massacre of elephants in the Sangha Reserve in the east of the
country, one has learned from sources. According to reports, the soldiers should be transferred
next week before the military court to answer charges of serious poaching and smuggling of
protected animals. During a routine check police discovered a cargo of over 100 elephant tusks
and almost 1,000 munitions in the town of Mouloundou (East), border of Congo; the traffickers
were headed to Yaounde with a view to sell their loot. The questioning of the driver and his
acolytes let glide between the lines an involvement of the servicemen in traffic, these last which
were dispatched on the site two years ago by authorities to ensure security around the reservation
of Sangha, while the poaching of protected kinds, notably elephants, had attained worrying
proportions.
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