The Civil Guard of the Command of the palmswithin the framework of Operation ÉRPON has intervened on May 4, 2023 in the tenerife island, various live specimens, turtle shells, frozen dead specimens and eggsall of them protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) when carrying outr a house search in a private property owned by the detainee in the municipality of Güimar, Tenerife island (Santa Cruz de Tenerife).
The investigation began in September 2022 following the seizure of a CITES specimen in Operation NAJA-GC in Gran Canaria, proving the sale of the copy from Tenerife. This finding allowed SEPRONA to obtain different police evidence to prove that the detainee had committed an alleged crime against flora and fauna.
