The fight against illegal poaching especially the protected species throughout this Province, continues to yield positive results.
This emanated from the arrest of a 28 year old man which followed the arrest of his accomplices earlier for the unlawful hunting of special protected species in the All days policing area outside Makhado.
The suspect will appear before the Bochum Magistrates’ Court next week.
The two suspects were allegedly involved in the killing of a white lion on 31 January 2017, in one of the game lodges in that area after poisoned meat was thrown into the lion’s enclosure, one lion ate the meat and died instantly.
The suspects cut the paws, head an even attempt to remove the skin of this lion before they fled the scene.
The Police were notified, reacted swiftly and an intensive investigations ensued until the first suspect was arrested which was followed by the arrest of this second one and the other two are still at large but the police manhunt is still continuing.
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