380kg pangolin scales seized and two military men arrested

380kg pangolin scales seized and two military men arrested with a third trafficker in a crackdown on an important pangolin scales trafficking ring. They all explained explicitly how the military status was used to not be arrested carrying the illegal activity. One of them is of the Presidential Guard, and was swiftly removed by his hierarchy following this arrest in a strong message that its uniforms will not be used to cover illegal activities, and any knowledge of an illegal activity will result in swift action. This operation of the Cameroonian authorities with LAGA sends a strong message against impunity. The large quantity of the scales represent much more than a thousand massacred pangolins and a testament that despite the link between pangolins' consumption and the covid-19 pandemic, the illegal trade still goes on.