Five arrested over trafficking of pangolin at Hazara

PESHAWAR – Wildlife Hazara Department Saturday foiled trafficking of a pangolin and arrested five per­sons. The Spokesman of Wildlife Department said that consequent upon secret information to Con­servator Wildlife Hazara Wildlife Circle regarding Pangolin scales trafficking from Haripur Hazara to South Africa, special teams were constituted under the su­pervision of SDFO Wildlife Ab­bottabad, Sardar Muhammad Nawaz comprising of 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 to apprehend the offenders and stop the reported trafficking. 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.