POLOKWANE – An intelligence-driven operation between the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team and Crime intelligence has resulted in the arrest of two suspects aged 28 and 33 at Taaibosch village in Maleboho area for dealing in elephant tusks on Wednesday, 12 February 2020.
The team received a tip-off about people who were selling elephant tusks in the Maleboho area. The suspects who are believed to be from two different neighbouring countries were caught trying to sell two elephant tusks to locals with an estimated street value of R50 000-00.
The suspects are expected to appear in the Senwabarwana Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on charges of dealing in elephant tusks. Investigations to establish the origin of the elephant tusks are underway.