PESHAWAR: Wildlife Hazara Department Saturday foiled trafficking of a pangolin and arrested five persons.

Wildlife Department spokesman said that Conservator Wildlife Hazara Wildlife Circle received information  information regarding Pangolin scales trafficking from Haripur Hazara to South Africa.

Hence a team was constituted under the supervision of SDFO Wildlife Abbottabad, Sardar Muhammad Nawaz.

Rizwan ur Rehman, Range Officer Havelain, Anham ul Haq , Deputy Ranger, Abdul Manan, Head Wildlife Watcher, Abdul Baseer, Kamran Khan, Alamzaib Khan, and Baber Javaid Wildlife Watchers were included in the team.

The teams were deployed at all exit and entry points of Hazara region so as to keep close watch on the reported trafficking, at-last the offenders were traced at Haripur and Mansehra.

The team remained successful in bringing all offenders at center point Abbottabad and managed to apprehend two broker offenders of Mansehra out of five near Lady garden.

The investigation team interrogated the arrested accused and managed to disclose the hideout of escaped offenders and case property.

On identification of arrested accused, the special squad managed to apprehend real offenders of the case along with case property and impounded one Suzuki Cultus car bearing registration No MC 865 ICT, Islamabad.

The arrested accused involved in trafficking were identified as Muhammad Nawaz son of Mustaque Ahmad, Sajid Mehmood son of Mehmood Khan and Qamar Hayyat son of Azher Mehmood resident of Haripur and Altaf Hussain and Tassadaque Hussain son of Muhammad Faridoon, resident of Balakot Manshera.

The offenders have been booked under various sections such as 9(b), 12, 16,17, 20,59 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife and Biodiversity Act 2015.

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