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In 2018, Manzongo Freddy returned from DRC with a PMAK war weapon. In November 2019, he and some friends killed three elephants. Some time later, Manzongo Freddy lent his gun to two of his friends who killed an elephant. The case caused a stir in the village and the accused fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 2002, OKOMBI Jean provided MATEBOU Norbert and MOKOTI Emile with one rifle and instructed them to practice elephant hunting. Mayebou and Mokoti returned back with elephant’s meat and ivory tusks which they gave to OKOMBI Jean.

In September 2012, Mazamba Raoul was contacted by Fernand to hunt elephants. On September 14, 2012 they left Ouesso to the forest each one having his role i.e. Fernand the hunter and Mazamba Raoul the carrier. They killed one elephant who had only one tusk. Fernand transported the tusk while Mazambe transported some pieces of the meat.

In April 2019, Ebisse Jean Claude was going to Ouesso together with Nguie-Ngola Habib who was in possession of a PMAK war weapon that came from Brazzaville.

Messiong Jean Marie was in possession of a hunting rifle of the 458 type with which he wanted to go big game hunting. Discouraged by the regular patrols of the rangers, he sold the gun to Meniamedel Jean Sylvain, a Gabonese living in Mazingo, who promised to give him the money within a short time.

In order to solve some financial difficulties, ESSOUKETE KAMBA Hermann, owner of a calibre rifle type BAIKAN and a machine gun type PMAK and together with his police counterpart AMBOULOU Bienvenu, organised a hunting party in the MOKANGA forest, IBAMBA zone, where an elephant was killed.

In February 2010 at Kabo, Ekoulou Eddy Edgard met a friend of him named Papolo. This fried carried a piece of smoked elephant meat and said he had received this piece from two elephant hunters who told him where they have hidden their hunting materials.

In October 2000, Bandzani Landry Blaise working at Congolaise Industrielle des Bois,provided Itona Eric Brice with a type PMAK war weapon and asked him to kill an elephant and remove the ivory tusks for trade later on.

On 08 August 2020, Dobo Dominique went to hunt. After few kilometres he discovered an elephant that has been killed but still having his two ivory tusks. We went back to the village to take an axe with which he cut the two tusks into four pieces weighing 3 kg each for a total of around 13 kg.

In June 2014, the Itan Guy, Deguemel Anicet, Biloa Cyr, Zoniaba Armand, wildlife and biodiversity conservation officers of the same patrol unit, arrested a hunter ”used” by Dida Jean Fernand.