Home

Alleged white lion poacher to appear in court

Reading Time: < 1 minute

A man charged with killing white lions at Alldays in the north of Limpopo, will appear in court soon in the New Year.

Police spokesperson, Moatshe Ngoepe says the suspect was arrested in the Bochum, or Sewabarwana, area on Saturday night.

Several white lions were killed and their heads and paws cut off in various parts of Limpopo in the past year.

Ngoepe says people have also been arrested for capturing another endangered species.

“There has been an arrest of a 28 year old man following the arrest of his accomplice earlier for unlawful hunting of special protected species that is a white lion in Alldays outside Makhado. Meanwhile, two suspects were arrested in Malamulele for possession of pangolin the arrested suspects will appear in court soon our investigations on both cases are continuing.”

Author

MOST READ