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H-Metro Reporter
TWO Forestry Commission officers have been convicted after they were found in possession of buffalo meat.
Ernest Dube (52) and Itai Bira (45) were arraigned before the Hwange Magistrates Court for contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act.
The two were convicted and were remanded to today for sentencing.
On Friday, at around 7am, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority received information to the effect that the accused persons had taken meat from the carcass of a buffalo.
The buffalo was killed by a lion at Miombo grid along Mpofu Road.
ZIMPARKS officials reacted to the information and teamed up with the police.
The court heard that they proceeded to the accused persons’ home where they found a white sack and a brown sack packed with game meat.
The meat weighed 3,79kg and 3,67kg respectively.
The accused persons were asked to produce a permit, which authorised them to possess the buffalo meat and they failed to do so, leading to their arrest.
Bongani Ndlovu
Mathew Masinge