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In March 2018, one named as Ndourou and others after a hunting expedition and having no means to move the ivory and weapons used to hunt decided to keep them at Edanga Joseph’s place.

In February 2018, Zebengou Bavant, chief of the village Douma 1 organized a big hunting expedition with the participation of a renown hunter Ekombi Amino assisted by his son Mbela Georges and his brother-in-law Mbomo Felix.

In 2008, while his wife was pregnant, Kazouna Cyprien proposed to Essoula Idriss to carry a hunting expedition for him to get some money to cover the delivery of his wife. During the hunting expedition, they came across a small dead elephant and they removed the two small tusks that they sold to XAF 40,000 (forty thousand).

In May 2019, Golom Raphael was approached by one known as Didier who offered to sell him three ivory tusks. He then bought one tusk for XAF 300,000, after which investigations were opened against him and the file fowarded to the state prosecutor’s chambers and later to the court for trial.

In July 2016, Gonock Evounanga Edgard, Béranger Mesong and Ziba went 65 kms from Sembe on the Ngbala road in possession of a war weapon with the objective to cross Dja river on the Cameroon side in order to look for a hunter. They got in contact with Minda Xavier who immediately accepted to put his know-how at their disposal.

In December 2017, Kouatou Issofa associated himself with Konfo Etienne Armand in order to acquire ivory tusks. Konfo Etienne knew already one poacher called Mouchina, whose when contacted asked him to go to a place called Mboua.

In February 2018, Lack Delphin accompanied by Ehousse Jonathan and Pith Gaston went to a forest near the village Dia for hunting. Pith Gaston killed one elephant and called Lack Delphin to extract the trophies. Few days later both met at Sembe village and Pith Gaston gave XAF 10,000 (ten thousand) to Lack Delphin as reward.

In March 2016, Bozeze Côme and Mounkouele Rock Leonel were planning to carry out big hunting. After a fishing party, they noticed the presence of elephants in the area and turned back to contact Okomba Gilbert who was in possession of war weapons and ammunitions.

During the year 2018, Ongoto Gauthier met a Cameroonian with whom he decided to organize a big hunting expedition in the forest. This expedition was not successful and Ongoto Gauthier decided to plan a trip to Cameroon.

Goupa Nadege was in possession of one war weapon (type PMK) that she conveyed to Ouesso and gave to her brother Christophe who handed it to Selembe Remy for hunting. For the purpose of the hunting, Selembe contacted Obendza Donald, one ranger who provided him several materials including thirty ammunitions.