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In July 2017, rangers heard gunshots inside the Nouabale-Ndoki national park and decided to go on patrol. They finally arrested Tobesse Adrien after ten days of patrol in possession of ivory tusks and brought him to the state prosecutor.

In January 2017, Pinga Hervé and Ndinga Christophe joined two known as Chadrack and Gildas on the other side of the river for a hunting expedition. Once in the forest, Gildas took a war weapon (type PMK) that was hidden in the forest and gave the course of action to others.

On December 05, 2017, the Imam of Pokola Abdouraman Youssouf contacted Assafi Doutoum to transport ivory tusks to Ngombe for sale. Assafi Doutoum accepted and both went to Mboua-Mboua on the Imam’s bike with the objective to find how to transport the ivory to Ngombe.

During November and December 2015, Ali Shadick went to Lègue for fishing with other persons. After a fruitful fishing, they decided to smoke the fish and Ali Shadick went to the forest to get some wood. It’s there that he found ivory tusks and took it with him for sale.

In June 2017, Bandoumou Christ Waddle together with his uncle Nguesse Simeon, Franck Ebeke and Durel decided to carry out elephant hunting during which they killed with a war weapon three elephants with the tusks weighing respectively 7.5 kgs, 6 kgs and 2 kgs.

In September 2017, Sokima Matondo participated in a hunting expedition with two named Riben and Aniossi during which they killed one elephant. In January 2018, Sokima again carried out a hunting expedition this time with Mobembo Gerard alias Kevhano, Lezona and others during they killed eleven elephants.

In July 2011, Motike Egide Simplice has killed three elephants at a village called Ngangassa on the Sangha river, accompanied by Etona Eric, a poacher recidivist. He has also been in possession of one war weapon and one hunting weapon (cal. 375)

In October and November 2018, Dallo Romain and Ndouma Rolince were reported to have killed three elephants in a village called Seka. In November 2018, Dallo Romain was arrested in possession of a war weapon inside the Odzala-Kokoua national park. During his interrogation, he declared that the weapon belonged to Nouma Rolince.

On December 17, 2017, Bambo Bonard was sent by Mbombo Oscar to one known as Ousmane in order to get war ammunitions (PMK). Ousmane then brought Bambo to an unknown individual to whom they gave the sum of XAF 30,000 in order for him to provide three ammunition loaders type 3.17mm to kill elephants.

Bekou Leonard is a renown poacher. In October 2018, Bekou hired one weapon (type FSA) at XAF 25,000 (twenty-five thousand) and purchase five loaders full of 7.63 mm ammunitions and one rifle 458 at XAF 50,000 (fifty thousand).