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Illegal pangolin traders arrested in Central Highlands province

Your browser does not support the audio element. Three men involved in the illegal trading of pangolins, a critically endangered species, have been arrested. Điểu Duy (centre) was arrested on March  一. — VNA/VNS Photo

ĐẮK NÔNG — Three men involved in the illegal trading of pangolins, a critically endangered species, have been arrested in the Tuy Đức District of Việt Nam’s Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông.

The men, identified as Điểu Poi ( 一 九), Điểu Nhơn ( 三 九), and Điểu Duy ( 一 九), were working as contract workers at Bù Gia Mập National Park in the southern province of Bình Phước.

According to a police report on March  一, local police stopped Duy, who was driving a motorbike on National Highway  一 四C, through Quang Trực Co妹妹une. Upon inspection, they found a backpack containing a pangolin weighing  四kg.

Duy confessed that he had caught the pangolin on February  二 八 and was selling it. The pangolin was later identified as the Java pangolin (scientific name Manis javanica), a species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Following Duy’s confession, police arrested Poi and Nhơn on March  一 三. The three men were arrested for violating regulations on the management and protection of endangered, precious, and rare animals, as prescribed in Article  二 四 四 of Việt Nam’s Criminal Code of  二0 一 五.

All three men were working at the forest management and protection office at Bù Gia Mập National Park and were residing in Bù Gia Mập District. Further investigations are underway by Tuy Đức District authorities.

The illegal trade in pangolins continues to be a major problem in Việt Nam. The pangolin is highly sought after for its scales and meat, which are used in traditional medicine and as a delicacy. Wildlife conservation groups estimate that tens of thousands of pangolins are illegally trafficked each year. — VNS