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On July 14, 2018 on their return from a big hunting expedition, Bokibaya Destin and his three mates known as Alain, Jules and Sebastien, all fugitives, were caught by rangers in the Bomassa area with two ivory tusks cut in six pieces and three war weapons type PMAK. The latter used their weapons against rangers in an attempt to escape.

In February 2017, Bossoto Césarine was visited by one known as Dior who is the son of her elder sister living at Mobako camp, who came to deposit a bag at around 8:00 pm that she didn’t know the content.

On May 11, 2014 a joint patrol funded by WWF and organized by the gendarmerie of Sembe. The patrol team went to Lopo village where the inhabitants informed them that Debe Ludovic was in possession of a PMK war weapon that he used to carry big hunting at the border area between Congo and Gabon.

Dissaka Samuel was already prosecuted for similar facts. For four years he was regularly practising big hunting in the forest using the war weapon type PMAK of one known as Samba Cyriaque.

In August 2020, ADJI Thibault a student at the Faculty of Law in Brazzaville purchased a PMAK war weapon from an element of Congolese Armed Forces named NABODEBE Cyrile for the sum of XAF 100,000 (one hundred thousand) to carry a big hunting expedition at Ngbala.

In 2009, the accused were carrying out a hunting expedition during which they killed fully protected species inside the Nouabale-Ndoki national park.

In August 2013, Dissaka Daringue accompanied by Bakoundou Flisien and other people took the boat at Hydro-Congo for a hunting expedition. At Barenze port, they abandoned the boat to continue on foot and reach the indicated point where they killed eight elephants collecting a total of 16 ivory tusks.

In January 2019, Nguebo Jean Blangi Farnel together with Gboto Jean and other illegally practiced hunting at the village Leme during a period and in an area forbidden for hunting. He was therefore arrested by rangers in service at Kaba.

In July 2019, Bazokokande Baurel went to the village Ibenga near Liouesso to work for a logging company. At his service, he met with three poachers including one known as Vandame who offered to pay him if he could transport two ivory tusks. Bazokokande Baurel accepted and kept the two tusks while Vandame went to Ouesso to get money.

In February 2017, Bilambo Papy went again to the forest alone for big hunting after having done hunting with a policeman. While there, he killed three elephants and extracted ivory tusks before finding refuge in the village Ntoukou where Mobonda Rodolphe is a farmer.