Young man locked 4 pangolins in the house
(Baonghean.vn) - Four pangolins weighing 21kg were just "rescued" by the Environmental Police Department of Nghe An Province and handed over to Pu Mat National Park to be released back into the forest.
On the evening of August 1, 2021, the Environmental Police Department of Nghe An Police broke up a case and arrested 01 subject for illegally possessing 04 pangolins weighing 21 kg.
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| Authorities count evidence. Photo: Binh Minh |
Previously, through professional work, the Environmental Police Department discovered 1 subject with illegal buying, selling and storing behavior.wildlifeSo a project was set up to fight.
After a period of investigation, at about 5:25 p.m., at Hamlet 8, Dien Lam Commune, Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province, the Task Force inspected the restaurant of Cao Xuan Hung (born in 1990), residing in Dien Lam Commune, Dien Chau District, and discovered the storage of 4 pangolins weighing 21 kg.
Through investigation, Hung confessed that the pangolins were purchased from a person in Quang Binh province, then transported by bus and hidden at a restaurant to be processed into a snack to sell to customers in need.
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| Subject Cao Xuan Hung. Photo: Xuan Bac |
The four pangolins were still healthy and quickly handed over to Pu Mat National Park to be released back into the forest.
Currently, the Environmental Police Department has completed the relevant documents and procedures to handle the subject according to the provisions of law.
