In January 2016, the conservation service of the Boumba Bek National Park arrested the accused Ndongo Basile and Yelima Gaston for poaching two (2) elephants in the said park and extracted their ivories. The co-offender Alea Florent furnished them with the weapon, a hunting gun needed to poach the elephants. During interrogation, they all accepted criminal responsibility and confessed committing the offences as charged. After drafting, their offence reports they were forwarded together with the seized ivories as exhibits before the State attorney of the Court of First Instance Yokadouma for prosecution.