Pangolin peddler caught near Secunda, gets 10 years in prison
A wildlife trafficker softly cried upon being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for illegal possession of and trying to sell a pangolin. Zimbabwean national Tichaona Chifamba (41) appeared and pleaded guilty before Regional Magistrate Victor Ball in the Secunda Regional Court on Thursday, March 24. He was caught in an intelligence-driven operation on August 3 last year while peddling a Temminck's pangolin in the parking lot of A and E Hyperworld in Trichardt. The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) and the police worked together to nab Chifamba who asked for a large amount of money for the pangolin.
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