Suspected Zambian Poacher Shot Dead In Botswana

A suspected Zambian poacher has been shot dead by wildlife officers in Botswana after going on a poaching spree in that country’s Chobe National Park.
Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) Communications and Public Relations officer Mwila Muliyunda has told QFM News that the deceased Boniface Ndauze, 41,of John Laing in Lusaka was in the company of fourteen other suspected poachers when he met his fate.

Ms Muliyunda says Ndauze was shot and killed following an exchange of fire between the officers and the suspects.

She says the body of the deceased has since been repatriated back to Zambia, while the thirteen other suspects managed to escape and are currently on the run.

Ms Muliyunda says during the incident which happened on June 3, 10 x 375 live ammunition, 34 ivory tusks, four axes, four elephant tails, 12 bags of assorted game meat and a digital weighing scale were recovered.

In another incident, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has intercepted a 33 year old businessman for being in possession of four pieces of ivory, weighing 19Kgs at Kazungula border post.

Oliver Muchimba, of house number A41 in Livingstone, was intercepted on June 13, 2014.

Posted by Editor on June 19, 2014. Filed under CRIME. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry