Consecutively arresting 2 subjects transporting endangered, precious and rare animals
(Baonghean.vn) - Despite the ban, two men still illegally transported 3 Javan pangolins - an endangered, precious, and rare animal - to Nghi Loc to sell for profit.
On the morning of November 8, the Investigation Police Agency of Nghi Loc District Police said: The unit has just coordinated with the police of Nghi Van, Nghi Xa, Khanh Hop communes to arrest 2 cases of 2 subjects: Bui Van Ky (born 1965), residing in Vien Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district and Hoang Quoc Dung (born 1969), residing in Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district for illegal transportation.endangered animals,precious, rare
According to the investigation agency: From the beginning of October 2021, through the work of grasping the local situation, the reconnaissance team of the Criminal - Economic - Drug Crime Investigation Police of Nghi Loc District Police discovered a number of subjects inside and outside Nghi Loc District showing signs of colluding with each other to buy, sell, and transport endangered, precious, and rare animals, then bring them to restaurants in different areas to make a profit.
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| Hoang Van Dung and the evidence of 2 Java pangolins.Photo: Nhat Tuan |
At around 7:15 p.m. on November 6, the Criminal Investigation Police Team on Criminal - Economic - Drug Crimes, Nghi Xa Commune Police, Khanh Hop Commune Police patrolled on Provincial Road 536 in Nghi Xa Commune and discovered and arrested Hoang Quoc Dung driving a motorbike transporting a bag of snake carcasses containing 2 animals, Java pangolins, with a total weight of 14kg. Additional seized evidence included 1 mobile phone and 1 motorbike.
Dung confessed to buying these two pangolins on the Lao border and bringing them downstream to sell for profit.
Previously, on the evening of November 4, the Criminal Investigation Police Team on Criminal - Economic - Drug Crimes of Nghi Loc District Police, in coordination with Nghi Van Commune Police, patrolled and controlled National Highway 48E, Nghi Van Commune, and discovered and arrested Bui Van Ky, who was riding a motorbike, transporting a plastic bag containing a Java pangolin weighing 7kg. Bui Van Ky confessed to buying this pangolin from an unknown man on the Lao border for 10 million VND to sell for profit.
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| Subject Bui Van Ky (2nd right) at the investigation agency.Photo: Nhat Tuan |
It is worth mentioning that all three Javan pangolins in the two cases above are endangered, rare, and precious animals that are prioritized for protection.
Currently, the Nghi Loc District Police Investigation Agency has handed over these 3 Java pangolins to the Pu Mat National Park Forestry Department for care, rescue, and release back into the natural environment according to regulations.
