CABS Bird Guards and the Gozo Police have dismantled two large illegal trapping sites from near Sarraflu and Sannat.

Three sets of clap nets, a live sandpiper and several plastic decoys for protected bird species were seized during the operation earlier this week .

According to CABS, one trapper has been filmed red-handed trapping waders with a live decoy and an illegal bird caller imitating protected greenshanks.

The footage shows the face of the man and was passed on to the Gozo police as evidence.

CABS said that since the start of its anti-wader trapping operations in July, 26 active trapping sites were reported to the police.

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