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On 20th day of September, 2009 the accused person was found in unlawful possession of the killed animal known as Pongo (Bushbull) worth Tshs 800,000. Beside that, the accused person was found in unlawful possession of one Mizzle known as Gobore.

This is an appeal originating from Handeni District Court on Economic Case No. 13 of 2013. Appellant appealed the conviction by the Handeni District Court on case No.

The accused Mwajuma was charged of an offence of been in unlawful possession of the Government Trophy which is contrary to section 86 (1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act No. 5 of 2009 read together with Paragraph 14 (d) of the First Schedule to the Economic and Organized Crime Control Act Cap 200 of R.E 2002.

Accused Juma Grayson, Geofrey Semkoko and Salim Kigoda were arrested and charged for being found in unlawful possession of Government trophies contrary to the provision of the law. They were all charged at the Pangani District Court for the same offence.

The accused were jointly found in possession of buffalo meat and fourteen (14) ammunitions without a permit. During their charges they both pleaded not guilty.

In May 2O12, Bocha X. transported five ivory from Guangxi to Shuangfeng. Together with Min L. and Dingsheng L., he moved the ivory to Dingsheng L.'s house to weigh and settle the payment. In July of the same year, Bocha X. transported ivory to Shuangfeng, and he with Min L.

From 2016 to 2018, the defendant, Fenglian L., without obtaining the Hunan Province Wild Animals and Products Management License and without registering with the industrial and commercial department, purchased wild snakes with unknown sources from Wang, Xia, Xianlong W. Fenglian L.

From April to June 2017, Jinyu W. purchased two live snakes from two WeChat friends at a price of 1700 yuan and 260 yuan through WeChat transfer, respectively. On December 26, 2017,Jinyu W. posted information on the sale of these 2 snakes in the Post Bar, and at the same time contacted potential buyers through WeChat group.

In July 2018, Yuehong L. contacted Sibing S., who was engaged in color printing, and met. Yuehong L. took out a timber transportation certificate and a phytosanitary certificate, and asked Sibing S. to print 30 copies of each certificate.

From March 2017 to December 2018, Hongyue Q. purchased wild animals, such as snakes and frogs, from farmers in Dankou Town, Chengbu County many times without obtaining a license for the operation of wild animals and their products and without registering with the industrial and commercial department. Then he sold them to Xia, Wang, Zhong.