A female pangolin was seized by police on Friday.
Five suspects are expected to appear in the Malmesbury Magistrate’s Court on Monday after they were nabbed during the sale of an endangered animal.
The suspects were arrested at a petrol station on Friday, July 17.
The Western Cape police spokesperson, Constable Ndakhe Gwala, confirmed police acted on a tip-off about a planned pangolin sale at a petrol station.
“The police were informed that the exchange would take place at a petrol station on the N7 in Malmesbury. They followed up on the information and waited at the meeting point until they spotted the maroon VW Polo. The suspects parked at the back of the petrol station and members swiftly closed in and conducted a vehicle search. In the boot of the vehicle was a white drum containing a female pangolin,” Gwala said.
